tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post5777802951358885834..comments2024-03-27T17:15:37.606-04:00Comments on Triablogue: Celibacy and abortionRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17809283662428917799noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-41482022881019249882016-10-07T19:55:20.637-04:002016-10-07T19:55:20.637-04:00According to Paul Johnson, in his "A History ...According to Paul Johnson, in his "A History of Christianity" (pg 269), "probably as many as half the men in orders had 'wives' and families". This was ... "in its own way, the biggest single issue at the Reformation. It was a great social problem and, other factors being equal, it tended to tip the balance in favour of reform. As a rule, the only hope for the child of a priest was to go into the church himself, thus unwillingly or with no great enthusiasm, taking vows which he might subsequently regret: the evil tended to perpetuate itself". John Bugayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17728044301053738095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-31024566254099460242016-10-07T18:36:03.525-04:002016-10-07T18:36:03.525-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.ANNOYED PINOYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00714774340084597206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6789188.post-56073922385891264442016-10-07T16:42:08.282-04:002016-10-07T16:42:08.282-04:00The beginning of the change of opinion in Ireland ...The beginning of the change of opinion in Ireland towards the catholic church was the revelation in the early 1990s' that two very well known clerics, firstly a bishop called Eamonn Casey and then a priest called Michael Cleary both had children. The bishop used diocesan funds to pay for his son's childhood whilst the priest had his common law wife pretend to be his housekeeper and his sons were reared in his house. <br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Cleary_(priest)<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eamon_CaseyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com