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Stop the presses...before somebody gets hurt (Porn star NOT on track to become TEC priest)
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| July 14th, 2007
| Sharon Waxman
Posted on 07/16/2007 12:35:27 PM PDT by RonF
"SOME people have their midlife crisis in reverse, like Ronald Boyer, who for most of his professional life has been better known as a star of pornographic films, Rod Fontana.
After 30 years of sowing the wildest of oats, Mr. Boyer, 54, has searched his soul and chosen, to the surprise of family and colleagues, to seek a priesthood in the Episcopal Church."
It’s all here …but hold it just a minute there, folks. Haven't we heard this trope before? About a guy named McGreevey? And remember how that ended--much ado about nothing?
Well, it turns out that's what we've got here: some incredibly sloppy reporting that's frankly unworthy of the venerable New York Times.
(Excerpt) Read more at episcopalchurch.typepad.com ...
TOPICS: Other Christian; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: episcopal; porn; priest
According to the rest of this, this guy is nowhere near getting on track for ordination. Apparently the NYT author make much of this up out of whole cloth.
It may be unworthy of the NYT, but I'm not so sure it's untypical.
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posted on
07/16/2007 12:35:38 PM PDT
by
RonF
To: RonF
sloppy reporting that's frankly unworthy of the venerable New York Times Hello?
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posted on
07/16/2007 12:37:55 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(Progressives like to keep doing the things that didn't work in the past.)
To: RonF
To: RonF
this should put her in line for a promotion at the times, shouldn’t it?
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posted on
07/16/2007 12:53:59 PM PDT
by
GeorgiaDawg32
(Every Democrat Party cause eventually becomes a business then it degenerates into a racket.)
To: fgoodwin
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posted on
07/16/2007 12:54:01 PM PDT
by
RonF
To: TexasCajun
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posted on
07/16/2007 12:54:41 PM PDT
by
RonF
To: RonF
To: RonF
It may be unworthy of the NYT, but I'm not so sure it's untypical.Facts?? The stories have to contain facts?
Somebody must have slept through a couple of lectures at J school.
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posted on
07/16/2007 1:22:16 PM PDT
by
siunevada
(If we learn nothing from history, what's the point of having one? - Peggy Hill)
To: Dr. Eckleburg; PAR35; Gamecock; Larry Lucido
Looks like there's more - or in this case, a lot less - to this story than the NYT reported.
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posted on
07/16/2007 1:25:22 PM PDT
by
Alex Murphy
(As heard on the Amish Radio Network! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1675029/posts)
To: RonF; Huber
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posted on
07/16/2007 1:42:29 PM PDT
by
fgoodwin
(Fundamentalist, right-wing nut and proud father of a Star Scout!)
To: RonF
But it certainly had the ring of truthiness about it, which is all that is required of the mainstream media. . . .
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