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In reply to the discussion: Priest tells anti-Trump protesters to commit suicide [View all]Javaman
(65,676 posts)27. and this is one of the many many many reasons this former catholic became an atheist.
when the "people of the cloth" check the "Love thy bother at the door" the church can go fuck off.
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That's an alt-fact. Clergy are not tax exempt and pay income tax like everyone else.
TexasProgresive
Jan 2017
#22
at the very minimum if the Pope is really trying to reform the Church, this priest should be removed
still_one
Jan 2017
#3
The coward backpedals he didn't really mean it and of course the psychos on Twitter are all over it.
mreilly
Jan 2017
#20
I imagine he got a call from the vicar of priests and the vicar general
TexasProgresive
Jan 2017
#23
I never intended to get this kind of reaction? What kind of reaction did you intend?
Justice
Jan 2017
#53
and this is one of the many many many reasons this former catholic became an atheist.
Javaman
Jan 2017
#27
Just one of the many reasons I can't identify as Catholic despite my background.
joanbarnes
Jan 2017
#32
I just told the Brooklyn Diocese on Twitter that I will NEVER return to the Catholic Church
47of74
Jan 2017
#60