Catholic Church is still being disingenuous over parish priests

[zippitippitoes]

........why say he is looking after his sick brother when he is under investigation by the police for child porn possesion/downloading?

It's so disheartening and dispiriting
in court next week

[zippitippitoes]

too parochial maybe ?

[DarrellRivers]

yes, i read this and thought it sad that the parishoners had not been told that he was under investigation as they must have known it would become public knowledge eventually

[SherlockLGJ]

Innocent until proven guilty perhaps ??

[DarrellRivers]

i agree and maybe better to be upfront re impending investigation

[DarrellRivers]

i agree but maybe better to be upfront re impending investigation

[Medulla]

What if he's innocent?

[zippitippitoes]

he has been accused of having pornographic images of children on the parish computer..

I think his parishioners could have been told why he was not observing his duties ...rather than being asked to pray for him weekly


he is/was our absent priest

what is it with the church and managing the flock with accusations of the priests?

To what extent to they differ from eg schools?

[mysonsmummy]

can you tell me is a catholic priest allowed to get married and have children and carry on being catholic priest? thanks

[Medulla]

I once worked with a gynaecologist who was accused of some sort of sexual crime. He was completely innocent! However lost all his credibility as a consultant because people judged first. Felt so sorry for him had to give up his job and move!

[expatinscotland]

no, myson, he is not.

one of my dad's sisters married a former priest.

[zippitippitoes]

dp's view is that he will leave the church and have faith in his heart

[Tommy]

I'm really surprised that they were allowed to cover this up - unless of course, he hadn't been charged. They have to be open about it all when he has been charged.
This happened in our diocese and the after the guy had been charged, the Bishop went to the church and told the parish. We were all told the following Sunday in a no holds barred announcement.
It's all very very

[mysonsmummy]

so if you want to get married you have to stop being a practising priest.

[poisson]

i say NOITHING

[zippitippitoes]

he has been visiting his sick brother and dealing with personal circumstances..for which we have been asked to pray


I find that deceitful as his absence is entirely due to police investigations and tbh you can't get much clearer than images on his parish office pc

[poisson]

i thihk you are right zippi to ( int his case) presume the worst
the exaple i was talking of i htink was probably linked.

[poisson]

? A photograph of All Saints Parish Church, rather St Peter's Church, mistakenly appeared in the Leamington Observer this week. We regret any embarrassment caused to the priest in charge of All Saints Rev Christopher Wilson, or the church community.


oh dear!!!!

[zippitippitoes]

he has been investigated for 7 months ...charged last week

[zippitippitoes]

he was previously in Reading/Caversham

[Tommy]

thing is zippi - if he hadn't been charged, the Bishop did the right thing in taking him away from the parish but it wouldn't be fair (in a legal sense) to announce what he was under suspicion for if he hadn't been charged yet (I think - am I right Cod?)

[poisson]

hed be part of a crakc down on credit cards
the one here had links to the south westa dn some prietss there.
( so i was told)

[poisson]

i dunno they can announce hwta they liek i suppose

[zippitippitoes]

was very weird to have a priest who wasn't there at Christmas, Easter or over the time of the death of a teenager in mysterious circumstance for the family

[Tommy]

just thought there might have been a innocent until proved otherwise thing going on there.

The Reading connection worries me - that's where the one I knew was.....

[Tommy]

I would have thought questions would have been asked long before now zippi?