Now here's a priest to get behind

[Gonnagle]

Dear Chuntering for chunterings sake,

Who's that bod who travelled Scotland and said he hated the Scots, was it Boswell, anyway, I remember reading that he said ( well something like this ) if only we could all drink to a certain level then we would live forever, that's my type of imbibing, a small drink to put you in a certain frame of mind, sadly, myself included, we think that having another will increase this wonderful frame of mind, your wistful ramblings become drunken warbling's, will I ever learn, not me, I am but a novice, that Priest, I think he tried the crash course and failed miserably.

Gonnagle.

[Shaker]

Dr Johnson - although Bozzy was with him.

[Brownie]

So would I, although I don't think that I would get past the second bottle of wine.

Me too Humph but I've had my moments - and managed to make myself quite ill, thankfully with no lasting effects but it was horrible while it lasted.  Never again, a little glass of wine occasionally is my limit.

I daresay I fit into the ''lightweight'' category but that is only because I was so bad after drinking too much.  That certainly taught me a lesson.  Like you, it is no hardship to go without booze because I don't like it that much and spirits are poison to me.

Like floo, I'm glad my husband is no drinker, he'll have a pint if we go out somewhere and can hold his drink, he's a big chap, but booze doesn't bother him.   We usually only go to pubs for a meal nowadays but when we were younger we both went to pubs, with friends or together once we started going out, and pubs were quite friendly, social places.  I suppose they still are, my son and friends still go to the pub sometimes.  If there is live music, it's a bonus.

[floo]

I dislike eating anywhere but at home, especially if there is music on, so our kids usually take my husband out for a meal in a pub these days.

[Brownie]

You don't usually get music in a restaurant (sometimes there is a bit of background, no live stuff), but pubs have live music occasionally - that's pubs for drinking, not the gastro bit.

[floo]

You don't usually get music in a restaurant (sometimes there is a bit of background, no live stuff), but pubs have live music occasionally - that's pubs for drinking, not the gastro bit.

Music of any sort does my head in.

[Brownie]

Yes I know.  Not everyone's cup of tea.

I was reading about the priest who got so drunk.  26 years old and married, Anglican priest.  He has quite a bit of previous, all for OTT stuff! 

[Rhiannon]

Oh, I could tell you some stories about naughty Anglicans. Like the trainee priest who decided to sow some wild oats before his course began. Got found out when one of the oats germinated and the woman informed his tutor.

Then there was the 'very nice' priest of my acquaintance who had an affair with a parishioner for whom he was offering marriage guidance - to her and her husband. Didn't get defrocked as the sex wasn't penetrative.

[Brownie]

Charming!

[floo]

I know of a priest who spends more time on the 19th hole of the golf course than going about his parish duties, and is often rather worse for wear! He is married man, but groped a woman I know well. They don't appear to be able to dispense with his services.

[Brownie]

Presumably he can still dispense services, floo.

The priest who is the subject of this thread, though, is a young chap who seems to make a habit of being manically outlandish.  It's all quite strange.

[floo]

Presumably he can still dispense services, floo.

The priest who is the subject of this thread, though, is a young chap who seems to make a habit of being manically outlandish.  It's all quite strange.

The chap I am talking about gets others to do his services whenever possible, pretending something very important has come up, when actually he is on the golf course!

[Hope]

Oh, I could tell you some stories about naughty Anglicans. Like the trainee priest who decided to sow some wild oats before his course began. Got found out when one of the oats germinated and the woman informed his tutor.

Then there was the 'very nice' priest of my acquaintance who had an affair with a parishioner for whom he was offering marriage guidance - to her and her husband. Didn't get defrocked as the sex wasn't penetrative.

So, in a way, no different to many other human beings.  After all, that is what Christians are; ordinary flawed human beings who acknowledge their flaws and seek to repair/change them.

[Owlswing]

So, in a way, no different to many other human beings.  After all, that is what Christians are; ordinary flawed human beings who acknowledge their flaws and seek to repair/change them.

You are joking! Aren't you! Oh, no, of course not - you are talking about your church!

[Brownie]

Hope is right though, we are all flawed human beings and clergy are no exception.  We expect impossibly high standards from them which in the main they do try to live up to but at times it must be very stressful.  Everyone is down on them like a ton of bricks if they appear to falter.  Yet good people can do bad things, we all know that.

[Owlswing]

Hope is right though, we are all flawed human beings and clergy are no exception.  We expect impossibly high standards from them which in the main they do try to live up to but at times it must be very stressful.  Everyone is down on them like a ton of bricks if they appear to falter.  Yet good people can do bad things, we all know that.

Yeah, but if, say, a doctor, a soldier, a policeman, or anyone in any other profession screwed up as badly and as often as this bloke seems to have done they would have been fired yonks ago. But no, he is clergy and must be allowed his little foibles no matter how much they bring discredit on his calling.

 

[Nearly Sane]

Yeah, but if, say, a doctor, a soldier, a policeman, or anyone in any other profession screwed up as badly and as often as this bloke seems to have done they would have been fired yonks ago. But no, he is clergy and must be allowed his little foibles no matter how much they bring discredit on his calling.

Ah yes, policemen, Birmingham 6, remind me of the sackings.

[Rhiannon]

Clergy have little protection in law.

https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2015/1-may/news/uk/clergy-are-office-holders-not-employees-appeal-court-rules

[Owlswing]

Ah yes, policemen, Birmingham 6, remind me of the sackings.

The Birmingham 6 claimed that they were forced to sign confessions. 'Claim' being the operative word.

The Inquest on thise killed in the Birmingham pub bombings has been re-opened, after too bloody long in my opinion, after it was adjourned for the B'ham 6 trials.

Considering what has happened as a result of the Hillsborough enquiry let's wait until the verdicts are in and see what happens then shall we?

Or, NS, are one of the ACAB Brigade?

[Nearly Sane]

The Birmingham 6 claimed that they were forced to sign confessions. 'Claim' being the operative word.

The Inquest on thise killed in the Birmingham pub bombings has been re-opened, after too bloody long in my opinion, after it was adjourned for the B'ham 6 trials.

Considering what has happened as a result of the Hillsborough enquiry let's wait until the verdicts are in and see what happens then shall we?

Or, NS, are one of the ACAB Brigade?

Mmm Hillsborough, police honesty, maybe not something you might mention in terms of what happened in policing?

[Owlswing]

Mmm Hillsborough, police honesty, maybe not something you might mention in terms of what happened in policing?

Criminal proceedings are being prepared against the officrs involved, far too late, I agree but "better late than never".

Still in the ACAB Brigade I see.