***I trust our spirit-filled pastors to recognize whether or not we truly are filled with the Holy Spirit and it’s mostly because of the fruit we bear (or DON’T bear).***
What makes your pastors better judges of people’s theological shape than the Catholic Church of Jesus Christ?
For one thing (and this is a biggie) they know they are fallen sinners like everyone else who has ever lived on planet earth except Jesus Christ.
And thus they do not commit the blasphmous error of believing themselves to be "another Christ."
The Catholic Church is only ONE church, not THE one true church. I wouldn’t trust a priest more than I would my own pastors because I know them well and I know the fruits of their lives. Sometimes, Mark, you just have to trust the leadership that you KNOW. A priest or a pastor, doesn’t matter. If they’re spirit-filled and walking the walk, I will choose to trust what they say as long as it doesn’t contradict scripture.