Aaargh!!!!

Aargh!!!!!

What kind of ceremony? Reception? Bishop Frade surely realizes that the reception of a priest not laicized licenses that priest in the Episcopal Church. See this helpful guide to procedures in the Diocese of New York.

Is this a good idea? Yes, I know Archbishop Cranmer married while under a vow of celibacy.

Note: toni2701 points out that Fr. Cutie was received as a layman. Episcopal canon law apparently puts additional hurdles to the primitive church in this respect, though frankly the primitive church really never contemplated these kinds of transfers. See Article VIII of the Constitution and Canon III.10.3. But I find it interesting that the Diocese of New York does not mention reception until Step 22.

Um, Ordination Vows...

I was reading a story this morning from the Miami Herald, in which the Archdiocese of Miami's young, attractive head of radio programming (a priest) has been revealed to be violating his ordination vow of celibacy. On one hand, I think the celibacy requirement for priests in the Latin Rite arises from reasons other than eunuchhood in anticipation for the eschaton and may displease God thereby. On the other hand, Roman Catholic priests take a solemn vow to be celibate and if they stray, all catholic Christians should encourage and support them to repent and return to the Lord for breaking the vow. Apparently, Episcopal bishops think otherwise:

On Wednesday, the Episcopal Church, which allows married priests, offered Cutié another option.

''He is welcome in our church,'' Bishop Leo Frade of the Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida said in an interview. Frade said the church has young priests who date and about five former Catholic priests. ''For us, a single guy on the beach with his girlfriend is no problem. Episcopalians look at this and scratch their heads.'' Experts say violating the celibacy vow doesn't necessarily end a priest's career.

When we have a supposedly conservative Episcopal bishop taking someone else's ordination vows so lightly, we have a serious problem.

Edited to reflect we confused Bishop Frade with some other bishop.