US Catholic priest who avoided charges marries teen he fled to Italy with
US Catholic priest who avoided charges marries teen he fled to Italy with
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US Catholic priest who avoided charges marries teen he fled to Italy with
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Did he return to the US after finding in Italy that marriage is still illegal?
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He was in Alabama...
The marriage was already going to be legal, no idea why he fled.
Article claims he was an "expert" on demons and exorcisms though, so I don't think logic was his strong suit.
He did get fired tho, because he abandoned his duties and apparently it's a constant fight to keep demons out of Alabama. So that's just inexcusable apparently
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I don't think he was really fleeing anything except social disapproval. Doesn't sound like there was any evidence of criminal activity, so it was, for lack of a better term, eloping.
But I'm sure he was grooming her long before any of this happened.
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My comment was more of a silly assumption. It's likely he fled because he feared ripercussions for doing the marriage, but then returned thinking it wasn't that bad in his mind.
Or maybe he just took a long vacation.
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You need parental consent to marry a minor in Alabama, perhaps the parents did not agree to the marriage. According to the article, they didn’t actually get married until after she turned 18.
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I wonder what kind of demand he thinks there is for demon/exorcism experts outside the church.
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Well, they got married in Alabama, so yeah, I guess so.
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Legal age is 18 here.
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Wait... it's not illegal, but it's not a full-fledged marriage. Don't underestimate Italy! 🍕🍝🤌
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and was accused of behavior “totally unbecoming of a priest”.
Seems like the usual behavior
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Fled to Italy? As a heretic? What sort of reception does he think he's going to get there? If he stayed in the US he could get elected.
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Cool. So waited until legal age.
But GROOMED her before then.