Quotes about Priests

I absolutely believe that church officials intentionally sent abusive priests to minor communities, transient communities, where kids may be less apt to tell and have less faith in the justice system.

David Clohessy

At best, it's a distraction; at worst, it's damaging. It will feed the mistaken notion that [the abuse scandal] is about the behavior of priests and not the behavior of bishops. Gay seminarians didn't hire and transfer and cover for child-molesting priests. It was bishops who did that.

David Clohessy

We have lost a priest at a time when there is a shortage of priests, and that is a sad event.

Justin O'byrne

I don't believe women can be priests any more than they can be fathers or husbands.

John M. Allin

He was one of the few priests the gay community could call on in the middle of the AIDS crisis.

Brendan Fay

Having worked with bishops and priests, diocesan and religious, all over the world, I have no doubt that God does call homosexuals to the priesthood, and they are among the most dedicated and impressive priests I have met.

Father Timothy Radcliffe

Hell is paved with priests' skulls.

Saint John Chrysostom

It's funny, how you look at so many priests who are characters when you're growing up; then one day you find you're a character yourself.

John Noonan

BRAHMA, n. He who created the Hindoos, who are preserved by Vishnu and destroyed by Siva - a rather neater division of labor than is found among the deities of some other nations. The Abracadabranese, for example, are created by Sin, maintained by Theft and destroyed by Folly. The priests of Brahma, like those of Abracadabranese, are holy and learned men who are never naughty. O Brahma.

Ambrose Bierce

Athletics became like a religion. The coaches were our priests, and we were the acolytes.

Rick Safran

Gay, committed, celibate priests and seminarians, and bishops, too, that happen to be gay, are going to find this instruction a source of spiritual pain.

Donald Cozzens

They both said the same thing: My age could be a problem, ... The bishop had a policy against admitting priests as old as me.

Joe Pemberton

If there were no ministers and no priests, how long would there be any churches? Lemuel K.

Lemuel K. Washburn

Though I am the bishop we have to work as a team. Priests are collaborators of the bishop. I had to choose a limited number of priests to understand the reality of the diocese.

Mgr Grech

So I said let's do the prayer of exorcism over her. So I called one of the priests who was a holy man in Calcutta, ... I told him, 'Please say the prayer of exorcism over Mother Teresa.' And he got a shock and said, 'Shall I pray and should I drive out the devil if it's there?'

Henry D'souza

These documents show that Mahony let at least eight priests remain around kids after abuse reports.

Mary Grant

The priests thought they knew what was best for the Indians, but they did not respect Indian culture.

James Sandos

There were lots of road trips they went on. They went to summer camps where the priests were directors. They were altar boys - there was constant access to them.

Adam Horowitz

Bishop and priests are ministers and we have to answer to God (for our decisions). That's the problem.

Francis Arinze

It took three years to convince the Fatima priests that I was not a Hollywood phony.

Brad Thomas

Priest's music is timeless, though we've evolved. We're doing something right if we've got the stalwart fans and the kids who found the band on their own.

Glenn Tipton

Of all of my assignments, that was the most wonderful. The people were great. But most people don't realize the seven to 10 jobs that priests are doing as one job. That is a contributing factor to priest burnout.

Rob Willmann