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Herr_Mannelig
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« on: November 03, 2009, 08:11:AM »
http://www.thetimes-tribune.com/news/diocesan_priest_removed_for_displaying_inappropriate_photos_before_mass

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« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2009, 08:38:AM »
Scandal in church from a priest.  How sad.

Not shocking, but sad.
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« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2009, 08:55:AM »
oh my gosh...that would scare me too if that showed up on a slide show before Mass!  Shocked   and people thought that happening during a board meeting presentation would be bad, I think Fr just trumped them all!
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« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2009, 09:21:AM »
I knew the priest named in this article.  He was one of the parish priests in the church where I grew up.
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« Reply #4 on: November 03, 2009, 11:43:AM »
What's with the administrator title? Priests are no longer pastors of parishes?
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« Reply #5 on: November 03, 2009, 12:35:PM »
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What's with the administrator title? Priests are no longer pastors of parishes?

It is a newspaper; facts are very shaky.

The news rarely gets everything right and such things are to be expected.

If they heard "administrator" within a half hour of thinking of this story, it becomes their "facts".

In Scranton, priests are pastors and are clearly defined. I have no idea what his position was based on the article.
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« Reply #6 on: November 03, 2009, 12:43:PM »
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What's with the administrator title? Priests are no longer pastors of parishes?

According to the Canon Law there is only one appointed pastor for a parish, who is responsible for the parish and for the faithful. Since the legal pastor is removed a temporary administrator is appointed until the new pastor will be appointed.

In bishop level after the arrest of Joseph Mindszenty in 1949 there were a series of administrators. The first (Zoltan Meszlenyi) was killed in prison; he was named blessed recently, the middle level toward the canonozation); the second Miklos Bereztocy cooperated with the government (after he was severely tormented by the Hungarian KGB), and was excommunicated after he did not left the country in 1956, the third Arthus Swarz-Eggenhoffer acted as Apostolic administrator until Mindszenty left the country in 1971).
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« Reply #7 on: November 03, 2009, 01:04:PM »
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What's with the administrator title? Priests are no longer pastors of parishes?

According to the Canon Law there is only one appointed pastor for a parish, who is responsible for the parish and for the faithful. Since the legal pastor is removed a temporary administrator is appointed until the new pastor will be appointed.



While this is true, it is in no way germane to the question. The article referred to both the removed priest (who I assume was the Pastor) and the man who replaced him as 'administrator'. Of course, it is also possible that the removed priest was, indeed, an administrator for some reason, but I doubt it.
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« Reply #8 on: November 03, 2009, 01:14:PM »
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What's with the administrator title? Priests are no longer pastors of parishes?

According to the Canon Law there is only one appointed pastor for a parish, who is responsible for the parish and for the faithful. Since the legal pastor is removed a temporary administrator is appointed until the new pastor will be appointed.



While this is true, it is in no way germane to the question. The article referred to both the removed priest (who I assume was the Pastor) and the man who replaced him as 'administrator'. Of course, it is also possible that the removed priest was, indeed, an administrator for some reason, but I doubt it.

Scranton recently had our Bishop changed, so some of the parishes were officially without pastors recently. Perhaps some still are.
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