Posted on 09/06/2007 4:20:55 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
BOCA RATON - A new priest at St. Gregory's Episcopal Church was issued a citation for allegedly soliciting sex in a North Carolina public park's men's room recently.
Though the announcement came out this week, police issued a citation for solicitation to the Rev. Michael Penland in June during a Waynesville police sting operation dubbed Operation Summer Heat. Waynesville is located near Asheville, N.C.
Penland, who has been a youth minister at the Boca Raton church since November, allegedly followed an undercover officer and solicited sex from him, police said. Penland allegedly followed the officer as he left the park and was pulled over.
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This is not surprising. The Episcopalians have accepted New Jersey’s fruity ex-Governor as a seminarian.
~ This kind of stuff would not happen if Episcopal priests were allowed to marry ~
It’s not about her. It’s all about him.
Another pervert angling to get around kids. Why am I not surprised - disgusted but not surprised.
Another pervert angling to get around kids. Why am I not surprised - disgusted but not surprised.
Obviously, but ain't it always with those folks?
Forget it, Richie. This is the Church that McGreevey joined, because the Catholic Church wasn’t gay enough. This priest will be celebrated by all, including the five Episcopalians who actually live in Boca.
If you preach against sin enough, your problems will fix themselves. If you preach against racism, the racists will leave or get straight. If you preach against adultery, the adulterers will leave or get straight. Your church will be smaller but you usually don’t have to worry about the youth pastor playing footsie in a restroom with another man.
Rule One: No Poofters!.
Amen, Appy. This is one of the reasons I am generally sceptical about the mega-churches. I know some are good Christian churches, but many are willing to tailor their meesage to accomodate the world, all for the love of mammon. I much prefer a church where the Pastor knows the name of everyone in the congregation - and notices if any of them miss church several Sundays in a row.
If they wouldn't be so vocal and judgmental, it wouldn't be necessary to sneak around, hiding the truth...
Who can argue that bringing in this man fron the cold would not be the moral, Christian thing to do?
(sound of retching...you know someone will say this.)
Well, maybe not everybody.
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