Alberto can love whom he wants. He cannot however continue to do so as a Catholic Priest. He has made his choice. I feel sad that any Priest loses their vocation - he must now bite the bullet and do the right thing or humbly apologise and submit to the discipline of the Church - not whine and moan that the Church should change for him.
Mel
He is absolutely gorgeous and so nice. Who could blame any woman for falling in love with him? Celibacy forced like it is in the Church is wrong. Even God doesn’t expect anyone to stay celibate if he ‘burns’. Then it’s better for him to BE married. Scripture tells us that. He has a right to love and be loved and to marry if he so chooses. The Church should allow priests to marry if it’s obvious they cannot stay celibate.
If you’re in love dude, I totally respect that. Time to take the collar off though.
It’s time for Al to leave the priesthood. Problem solved.
Awesome interview! Clearly a very difficult position to be in. Amazing that for 22 years in the priesthood he remained faithful w/o giving in. Struggles like this are not unusual for any of us. Whether you are married, single, old, young, etc. Yes, it is an unfortunate situation, but he is human. And like he said, he isn’t trying to get the church to change. Unfortunately the media is trying to turn him into the poster boy for anti-celibacy.
Anyway, the fact that he owned up to it and is blaming himself, not the church, is admirable. I pray God directs him to make the right decisions here on out.
Baptism...you’re doing it wrong.
He did wrong, but I give him credit for manning up without blaming anyone else for his fall.
Can someone correct me if I am wrong on this matter? I was always under the impression that at times married men were ordained priests (and still are) yet the Church has never allowed celibate priests marry after ordination.
If you want to marry and yet still be in the Church, just become a Deacon, heck most of the time at our Church it is the Deacon that gives the homily.