Not to mention the problems of violated celibacy and the commission of what Scripture calls an abomination.
There’s a big big difference between an occasional priest stumbling on his path........and what has been reported for years... a wide-spread, wholesale homosexual carnival involving, apparently, thousands of clerics on an ongoing basis.
In the first instance, you give him counsel and prayers for fortitude and faith. But if the current reports are even halfway accurate, a major Swamp Draining is in order...
I did not leave my church. My church left me!
I well remember Father Fossier from my youth in South Louisiana in Larose. He was a man of integrity and honor. He was a bit over six feet tall and was a commanding presence. Your daughters and sons were perfectly safe with him. He abided nothing that was evil.
When I was older and could drink he occasionally would be in an old bar were the locals drank. It was a good bar. He never paid for a beer though he tried to pay. It was just not allowed. He was always addresses as “Father Fossier” with great respect. He would drink one or two beers then go back to his quarters at the church. He was originally from Quebec and thus spoke French and English. He was a man to be admired.
When my church cleanse itself, I will return. I will not pray in a place that condones evil. Praying at home is good. Giving your tithing to organizations that you know are good people is better than giving to a corrupt clergy.
No outside force can defeat the church of St. Peter. St. Peter’s church can be destroyed from internal corruption.
When the church returns to the standards of Father Fossier, I shall return to the Church of St. Peter.