Man catches priest in bed with his wife: At least it wasn’t one of his kids
Well, I suppose it does make a nice change – from raping children, that is:
“An Italian husband returned home early from work to find his wife in bed with their local priest. Following the shock discovery, the man stormed into the local bishop’s office in Chioggia, near Venice, and demanded an explanation. Later police were called to calm him down.
The local bishop Angelo Daniel has now confirmed that the adulterous priest has been sent to another parish for “reeducation”. He also stated that “you cannot discount all the good a person has done in their life just because of one mistake.”"
It’s almost funny how the Church always goes into the ecclesiastical version of “My country, right or wrong” whenever one – or thousands or so – of their priests decide to abuse the power the Church has invested in them.
Then, it’s always ‘Do as I say, not as I do’ or, as in this case, ‘the one mistake’ option. While the former is perfectly human in its egocentric hypocrisy, the latter doesn’t even begin to make sense.
Not many murderers get off with the ‘But I only did it once, your honour,’ line of defence.
In this case, of course, it is slightly more than just the one mistake. First, only God, the priest and the wife know how many times those last two had already hopped into bed the moment the husband had, like Elvis, left the building. In other words, to get caught once is not the same as to have sinned once – though that seems to be the line the Church does take with its child raping priests as well.
Anyway, as with our one time murderer, there are some ‘mistakes’ that are somewhat more serious than others. A priest has, or so the Church claims, the holy duty to take care of his flock and to help them to obey the rules of the Church, the original Ten Commandments and to honour and love their God.
Having sex with a married woman is not really part of that job description.
As we know, the RC Church has invested a lot in the institute of marriage – investing it with a kind of holiness, in fact. In the eyes of the Church, and in the words of its own ceremony, no man should come between a husband and wife.
For a priest to do so and to betray his church, the institute of marriage and the family involved is, perhaps, slightly more than just making ‘one mistake.’
That’s apart from the fact that priests have taken a solemn vow not to fuck at all, of course.
Anyway, enough about the Bishop and his perverse and hypocritical take on this regrettable incident. Back to the original sinner, in other words, who started this whole low bedroom farce. The newspaper article states:
“The 53-year-old priest was described as a specialist on the Bible and had been a good friend of the couple.”
Well, we can safely say that the latter part of that statement is due some serious revision but the first part seems to be correct.
The priest certainly had his biblical ways.
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