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1. Would people (especially the media) please stop referring to people such as this as "ex" priests; there is no such thing. Ex-cleric, yes, but ex-priest never. "Your are a priest forever..." What part of sacramental theology did Cathnews miss?

   Posted By: Roxy

2. What can you say, what can you do about it? These indecent acts have been happening now for years.
   Where is their christianity.where is their god? When they do such unlawful things towards God who is watching over us, I guess it's like any job you are in. You have to trust them till you find out. Fr Donald Thomas. {disabled org)

   Posted By: fr donald thomas

3. Surely the staff and managers of CATHNEWS realise that they are constantly presenting news items that often have incorrect assumptions, terminologies, false terminology such as "ex-priest" and so forth.
   
   Is it spiritual sloth with this keep on keeping on playing dumb approach that CATHNEWS engages in?
   I cannot see that there is any other possibility.

   Posted By: Michael Webb

4. Dear Roxy and Michael Webb
   As a rule I support your criticism of CathNews’ inaccuracy, but I think you’re being too precious here. Marriage is forever too, but do you hit the roof every time you read the term “ex-wife”?
   
   Compared to all the much more harmful inaccuracies and outright lies which the secular media publishes about the Church, “ex-priest” is an acceptable shorthand for “priest permanently suspended from the clerical state”.
   
   Referring to him as simply a “priest” as The Advertiser’s headline does, fuels the oft-repeated myth that the Church is allowing known sex offenders to continue functioning as priests. For once the ABC and The Age are trying to be fair to the Church!
   

   Posted By: Peter G

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