{"id":6121,"date":"2005-06-27T14:14:27","date_gmt":"2005-06-27T14:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2005\/06\/the-way-it-is.html"},"modified":"2005-06-27T14:14:27","modified_gmt":"2005-06-27T14:14:27","slug":"the-way-it-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2005\/06\/the-way-it-is.html","title":{"rendered":"The way it is"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a diocese in Florida, a married priest (Lutheran convert) ministers in a parish. Nice article. <\/a> He’s not allowed to be the pastor of his parish, though. <\/p>\n

That honor falls to a man arrested for exposing himself in a public park:<\/p>\n

(From 11\/15\/91 Tampa Tribune)<\/em><\/p>\n

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A Roman Catholic priest from Sarasota pleaded no contest after being arrested during an investigation into complaints men were soliciting sex from other men at a south Hillsborough park and highway rest stop. <\/em><\/p>\n

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Hillsborough County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Debbie Carter announced the monthlong investigation Thursday. She said that George E. Brennan, 50, was charged Oct. 1 with lewd and lascivious behavior after exposing himself to an undercover deputy at a rest stop on Interstate 75 south<\/em> .<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

One presumes that the prohibition of married priests serving as pastors is about "scandal" or "confusing the faithful" or something. I’m sure it is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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