Well, this one is going to stun many….
A massive article in today’s Ottawa Citizen about Father Joe Leclair, the former teacher/popular priest at Ottawa’s Blessed Sacrament Church.
The Ottawa Citizen website is down right now and I am on my way, but I will post the link and eventually you should be access it:
Take the typical intervention; i.e.) send him to a 28 day treatment program in NJ, then join “GA”, have the Pope issue a blanket wide apology for all gambling priests, ask parisioners to dig deeper to help repay any “alleged” discrepancies, up the credit limit on the credit cards, and re-assign the “impeccable” Priest to a different parish, where “the books” don’t really matter—preferably close to a casino, so the parish can save on gas money. And, maybe parisioners could open a “retreat house” nearby, so other ganbling priests could also come for help—–ah—–fun.
Prima facia…..I hear that they have a place like that here. It is run by Father Jimmy he is a Greek Orthodox priest, they call him Father Jimmy the Greek for short.
John
Test…test….are you moderating comments now Sylvia? I left a post on “Adjourned” that hasn’t gone thru the filter yet.
Thanks
Hmmm….my other comment is awaiting moderation….but these ones went right thru.
This happens to me “awaiting moderation” statement Reality Checker if I paste a link to a website.
That may be the problem or not?
Lina
Thanks Lina – that’s the problem 🙂
Good to see Reality Checker. Missed you!
Yes, as Lina says, when a comment is posted with a link it goes into a moderation queue. I gather that’s because most spammers use links, so commetns with a url link wait for my OK. I was gone all day today so it took longer than usual.
Still standing and breathing Sylvia 🙂
….and still check in daily!
That’s good Reality Checker. And never forget there are many times we could using your thinking cap and/or research skills :).
I hate to say it prima facia, but, you probalby hit the nail right on the head there!