'When the Rev Peter Stone transitioned to the Rev Carol Stone, the church welcomed

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

her back with little fuss. And her bishop gave Carol his full backing.'

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:-(

[Supermac1976]

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

Female clergy.

Does your summation of events mean the Bishop had his way with it?

[Classic Jorge]

More a youth club worker or care assistant in an old folks home

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

It's all horribly depressing.

God must, simply must, be considering sending a Great Rain to wash us clean once more.

[Classic Jorge]

I dont know why the church needs to be so cisnormative anyway.

[Berni]

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

As Jorge has correctly pointed out, not even real clergy.

I doubt God gives a f**k about this freak and his/her ilk.

[redgunamo]

[Berni]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

It was 'Adam and Eve', not 'Adam and Steve', or 'Adam, then Eve'.

I'm going to start work on an ark.

[Classic Jorge]

[barrybueno]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

:hehe: How ridiculous is that? Priests can't have wives, for f**k's sake.

[Berni]

I reckon having the lot off and getting replumbed means you've got no chance.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

[Classic Jorge]

[Berni]

Or ladyvicars and ladyvicars. And what about the wrongcocks like yer man there? Who are they allowed to marry? Anyone they f**king like, presumably.

Then where will we be, eh?

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

[Supermac1976]

[Classic Jorge]

The orignal Thatcher

[IUFG]

FACT

[Berni]

See also, all the Edwards, who were basically rubbish after number 4.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

They're halibut.

[Berni]

[Classic Jorge]

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

The occasional unfortunate incident does not undermine the validity of the concept.

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

Married me and the Mrs, christened both my kids.

Turns out he has been knocking off this bird for a few years, strolled into a social event just recently with her in tow. Well you could have heard a feather drop.

I assume my marriage is still valid all the same.

[barrybueno]

had lunch with them after a long walk all those years ago.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

[Berni]

state of enforced celibacy into a position of power and huge influence - often over the young, the gullible and the highly impressionable.

Yeah. Can't see any problem there.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

wd b. That's a skip-load of *******s in a tiny space.

[Berni]

*******s. At least in God's eyes. :-(

Sorry. :shrug:

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

Then he would start singing.

Happened once in a pub in Terenure. f**k me I just wanted the ground to open up and swallow me.

At least he had dropped the dog collar and gone casual.

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

[Berni]

sexual desires for the rest of his life? Even if he doesn't start out wrong, he's likely to go wrong through holding onto his bhindi that long.

[Berni]

that tells you to get the f**k away from them as fast as you can. It's cheating.

They start talking to you and you think they're normal, but then it gradually dawns on you that they're a f**king priest. :-(

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

These are seperate terms, b.

[Classic Jorge]

[Berni]

You can't just go around repressing them all the time. They need to be let off the leash sooner or later. And the longer you hold on to them, the worse they'll get.

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

http://rlv.zcache.com/nonce_tshirt-r124fdcbbcc76416f8bc45e8718fde9e8_804gy_324.jpg

Perhaps this should be the order of the day. Keep things open and honest.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

[Berni]

know it he's started asking if you're a Catholic and if you go to Mass. f**king unnerving.

Normally if I was in Ireland, they could be fended off by the English accent, assuming that I was a prod. But when they get under the radar like that, you can let slip you're of the faith and then you can't get rid of them.

[Berni]

In many ways, it's more imperative even than the survival instinct. So you can't just go around trying to pretend it's not there and hoping to get away with it.

Blood - amongst other things - will out. :nod:

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

[redgunamo]

[Berni]

completely suppressing your sexual impulses is probably a very unhealthy thing to do.

For instance, I stayed in Sir C's house last weekend and didn't molest a single creature or item of furniture. FACT.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

[redgunamo]