This was a safe place to vent about it. I've told absolutely no one else.
This was a safe place to vent about it. I've told absolutely no one else.
I dont think sharing here where we do not know each other in real life is gossip. It is a good way to get things processed out.
Float On: My "Happy Place" is on my little kayak in the coves of Table Rock Lake.
I remember your earlier discussions. I don't get priests who believe they are above 'the law'. And a priest who verbally uses a congregant as an example are the worst. I'd avoid him too and I think you've done the right things in declining participating in the wedding and staying far away.
Float On: My "Happy Place" is on my little kayak in the coves of Table Rock Lake.
Most likely to be a safe place to vent, I get that. However I tend to view venting as not the same as gossip. Gossip can be both, as it involves a GROUP of people, where you can vent to someone you really trust (friend, therapist, etc) and not find out how small the world is, IMHE.
The whole situation just gets weirder.
I can’t get why the priest at the other parish has it out for me so much. My current priest told me he was in contact with the other priest about wedding stuff. Other priest started going off about me being “fallen away” due to diving. Current priest told him it was none of his business since I had been gone from that parish for 11 years. While current priest would prefer I be in church, diving was unobjectionable and I was clearly not out carousing, getting drunk or stoned, etc., and I was healthier and active. Current priest told old priest that he was going to contact old priest’s bishop about this.
Current priest is one of the respected elder (experience, not necessarily age) priests in my area, so he’s not a fly by night. Current parish is a different jurisdiction from old parish, but the old priest’s bishop should listen from all accounts I hear of him.
This is an example of emotional/spiritual abuse. It’s none of their business - you are an autonomous adult.
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