Rev. John Whitney, a church official in Portland, Oregon, vehemently denied Alaska is a magnet or hiding spot for problem priests.
"It's absolutely untrue," he said. "I have never seen any evidence of that. People were sent to Alaska who requested to go to the missions there. It was considered the hardest place to go, because of the remoteness and the conditions they had to work with at the time. They wanted to spread the gospel."
The current upset is about a priest who served in a remote village--no less than four people have filed charges in the last 2 weeks--Location of priest Currently?? Spokane, Washington--this one is a Jesuit.
AK isn't just a dumping ground for bad clergy--also bad hotel managers, bad anything--the US equivalent of being sent to Siberia--That is changing now, in the era of advanced telecommunications, and the internet, but even 15 years ago here is where you were sent-cut out of the network that makes big business run and promotions available
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dmiller
Hmmmmm. *Frozen chosen* comes to mind.
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TheEvan
I saw that and immediately thought of 'the Alaska debacle". Hmmmm.
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The current upset is about a priest who served in a remote village--no less than four people have filed charges in the last 2 weeks--Location of priest Currently?? Spokane, Washington--this one is a Jesuit.
AK isn't just a dumping ground for bad clergy--also bad hotel managers, bad anything--the US equivalent of being sent to Siberia--That is changing now, in the era of advanced telecommunications, and the internet, but even 15 years ago here is where you were sent-cut out of the network that makes big business run and promotions available
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Ham
Too beautiful of a state to subject to that kind of riff raff..
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