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

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Reminds me of a priest in my very young years, who literally ran off with
the organist of our church.
That was unfortunate, but it really devastated my brother who really liked
him very much. He had been a faithful acolyte and sort of gave up on the
church after that, I guess.
These things are terrible for everyone, but some people, at important
points in the life, can be hit very hard. I was too young to remember it,
but I remember the feelings around it. Not good.

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 Tue, Oct 11, 2016 at 11:13 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
> > >
> >
>