[Arthur McGowan]

I am saying that if the priest said this, he was uninformed and completely out of line. I didn't mean that your mother's story was untrue; I meant that what the priest said was untrue. Your mother was under no obligation to get your father's permission for surgery, or the bishop's permission. If she had a health problem requiring a hysterectomy, she had an absolute right to get the proper treatment.

[Conservababe]

I am saying that if the priest said this, he was uninformed and completely out of line. I didn't mean that your mother's story was untrue; I meant that what the priest said was untrue. Your mother was under no obligation to get your father's permission for surgery, or the bishop's permission. If she had a health problem requiring a hysterectomy, she had an absolute right to get the proper treatment.

Father McGowan, my mother almost died while trying to be a devout Catholic because of an uninformed and completely out of line priest.(your words) And still you say 'IF' the priest told her that she had to get permission. He did.

The Bishop finally allowed his permission. He did not tell my mother that the priest was out of line for his mandate to my mother.

Are you all in denial of your absolute power?