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I think Joy Crowley seemed sincere and probably is disturbed that her friend was forced to leave his job; but he went into the job knowing the requirements and took a vow that he has now broken. It can become so easy to slip into the modern viewpoint that sees sex as the ultimate goal. It is hard to judge the extent of the Bishop's sin without knowing the age of the girl; but I am reminded of something that Oprah Winfrey said during the Bill Clinton scandal with his intern, Monica Lewinsky. She said that she had interns as well and could not condone any behavior that Bill Clinton did towards an intern because the power dynamic is so tilted that the intern could not feel in complete control of the situation.
Mrs. Crowley seems to think that love justifies anything. This is an admirable sentiment; but she does not really know if the Bishop fell in love with this girl. If so and if love justifies anything, then the Bishop should be happy to move on and marry this girl. For the Bishop to do this, break his vow, and keep his job would be more of a scandal than his leaving the post to marry. Catholic Bishops should be held to a very high standard of morality and it is painful and disappointing when some do not live up to this. Ignoring their indiscretions or even allowing them is to let the way of the world conquer over the way of Christ.
Thank you for you reasoned response.
I take issue with one point she made. "love justifies anything"
This is a serious mistake - God's love is always moral.
Folks seem to believe that when you are 'in love' anything is OK when the relationship can be lust driven, co-dependent, leading to serious dysfunction.
To elevate being 'in love' above God's love and laws is critical, but society has progressively lost sight of this and anything goes in the days of Noah.
Now we see this lady wanting even to sanctify this error.
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