[Magdalen] Multiply married clergy (was Re: Lasted a little longer...)

[Jay Weigel]

This happened also to the priest my childhood parish called when I was in
my teens. After I had grown up and moved, his wife left him and, as my
mother put it, "ran of with the UW hockey coach". The bishop, who was *not*
+Hallock (of blessed memory) decided that Fr. Bob should no longer be at
the church. It was a blow to that parish from which it took them some time
to recover (that, and his successor, who, I am told, did things that caused
a major split in the parish from which they were only just recovering when
I visited n 2001). I am somewhat unclear s to what happened to Fr. Bob
after that. I was told that he left the active priesthood and remarried and
that he and his wife rehabbed and sold old houses.

On Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 2:23 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am glad to see the Church has loosened its position on multiple
> marriages.
>
> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>
> On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 11:43 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 10/10/2016 11:22:09 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> > oppenheimerjw at gmail.com writes:
> >
> > I am  glad to see the loosening of the position on multiple
> > marriages.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >
> >
> > Back in the day, a divorce for a clergyman was to ring the  death-knell
> > for his clerical career.  However, even in an old, conservative  "Biretta
> > Belt" diocese like Eau Claire, they had loosened up that divorce
> > restriction.  It's just that some 35 years ago when the priest  wanted
> > a third marriage, the Diocese was not willing to go that far.
> >
> > One factor for Eau Claire was the divorce not long after his
> consecration
> > of +Wantland.  +Wantland submitted his resignation as bishop to  the
> > Presiding Bishop, who refused it.  He was therefore more  accommodating
> > for divorce situations in his clergy.
> >
> >
> >
> > David S.
> >
>