Posted on 04/07/2011 8:14:50 AM PDT by Hawk720
A Roman Catholic priest with a worldwide television ministry based here has admitted to having a sexual relationship with his cousin, a county schools superintendent on California's Central Coast. The Rev. Michael Manning confirmed by phone that he had the relationship with Monterey County Superintendent of Schools Nancy Kotowski, when questioned about copies of correspondence sent to this newspaper that appeared to point to the two breaking off the relationship more than two years ago.
"We've been such good friends and there's a deep love we have for each other," Manning said. "The sexuality was secondary. It's very hard when you care for someone, but I love my priesthood more. I admit the fact of my sinfulness. I've done wrong. That's why I've stopped."
Kotowski briefly reflected on her relationship with Manning that spanned decades.
"Father Mike Manning is a very dear and close friend of mine," Kotowski said when reached at an anti-gang conference in Washington, D.C. "Our friendship has grown over 30 years, and we share a deep commitment of faithful and dedicated life of service in our respective work. I have nothing more to publicly say about this personal and private matter."
Manning, 70, started the nonprofit Wordnet, a Catholic television ministry, in 1978. Wordnet's programs are filmed and edited in the ministry's downtown studio.
His TV show, "The Word in the World," can be seen weekly on the Trinity Broadcasting Network.
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Glad it was an adult female.
“Pedophile” priests are actually fags, so this is surprising indeed.
Solus cum sola non cogitabuntur orare pater noster.
LOL, this is what it has come to.
Is he from LA or WV?............
He was boinking his cousin? Is he Arab?
Well, it is legal to marry a 1st cousin in 26 states.
That means they have one great grandparent in common.
You’ve been looking at a Euro cousin chart. This is one of those few instances where words mean very different things in Europe than in the USA.
What they call a first cousin once removed, we commonly call a second cousin. Which is the case here. Kotowski is the offspring of Manning’s first Cousin. I don’t think we even have a word that’s in common use to describe what Europeans call second cousins.
A decades-long sexual affair with his cousin???
When unnatural and unBiblical restraints are put upon people, perversion results.
bkmk
aaaarrrggghh
one of the thigns I read was (don’t know if its true or not) is that Priests were originally forbidden to marry to keep them from passing large estates, and wealth onto their descendents. Considering that priests no longer command wealth or large amounts of property its long past time the Vatican reversed the policy. No doubt it would lead to a healthier and more vibrant Church. What kind of a healthy person would completely give up sex?
I live in this district, and have met Kotowski in person. I also happen to be Catholic. She is a typical liberal politician, and is spinning this as a personal issue. The spin is also that it is a problem with the Catholic church not allowing priests to marry.
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You've got to learn to admit that people are not simple animals ~
Just having the sex American's won't...oh, wait. Wrong thread.
There are probably many young men who revere God and would love to be priests, but they can't live with celibacy.
Ask any man who is a faithful Catholic why he DIDN'T become a priest. He will usually say that celibacy was the issue.
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