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teresamarie
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Joined: Jan 2006
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January 05, 2006 5:00 PM
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 Your words about the priesthood are thoughtful. I would hope priests concur. There was a pastor at our former church who looked like a priest you describe. After a time, things with his behavior and some in the parish began to not sit right with us. I began to be anxious, worried, and depressed at the parish. It was not life giving, but life draining. This was after I tried to become involved, but felt pushed away by some in the "inner circle" there. Maybe it was things he and some parishioners didn't do. My intuition and gut started to not trust him as someone who truly lived his priesthood. There were other objective things about his leadership that were lacking. After reading, thinking and praying, and leaving the parish, I have a pretty good idea of what is going on there. This priest suffers from NPD, Narcissistic Personality Disorder. He and the obsequious sychophants who keep him propped up on his pedestal have created a toxic environment at the parish. I found out he didn't sit right with many people and they also left. I wasn't welcome there because I questioned what was going on. I am trying to move on but I think the Church has some work still to do in accountability. Christ is cleansing his Church from the inside out. Whenver I feel the anger, rejection and humiliation I experienced from this priest coming on I try to offer it up for peace in the world so that Christ's suffering on the cross wasn't in vain. I think of the whole experience as a prayer. TMW.
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