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The Vatican has laicised Alex Crow, 30, a convert who was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Mobile in 2021. Crow was celebrated as a speaker, wore a cassock and was involved in demonology and …More
The Vatican has laicised Alex Crow, 30, a convert who was ordained a priest of the Archdiocese of Mobile in 2021.
Crow was celebrated as a speaker, wore a cassock and was involved in demonology and exorcisms.
But in early 2023, he fled to Italy with a girl on her 18th birthday. Last autumn, the police announced that allegations of seduction of minors could not be confirmed.
Upon their return to the United States, the couple entered into a civil marriage. It remains to be seen whether Crow will show more perseverance in this new venture.
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Crow was celebrated as a speaker, wore a cassock and was involved in demonology and exorcisms.
But in early 2023, he fled to Italy with a girl on her 18th birthday. Last autumn, the police announced that allegations of seduction of minors could not be confirmed.
Upon their return to the United States, the couple entered into a civil marriage. It remains to be seen whether Crow will show more perseverance in this new venture.
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Alabama Priest Laicized After Civil Marriage to 18-Year-Old
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There is no way that such a young priest, especially a convert, should be involved in exorcism and demonology. In the old days, when a seminarian was ordained an exorcist, his faculty to exorcise was immediately suspended, so that he never actually exercised the order. This wasn’t always the case, as exorcists used to perform minor exorcisms, but I think that the lesson was learned that dealing …More
There is no way that such a young priest, especially a convert, should be involved in exorcism and demonology. In the old days, when a seminarian was ordained an exorcist, his faculty to exorcise was immediately suspended, so that he never actually exercised the order. This wasn’t always the case, as exorcists used to perform minor exorcisms, but I think that the lesson was learned that dealing with evil spirits requires more than just having the power to exorcise, but the holiness to do so with great discretion.
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Thank goodness he's gone. Catholics should be much slower to praise these attention-seeking. self-publicist types. The priesthood is not a career, not a job, it's about saving souls, primarily through dispensing the Sacraments not blabbing on YouTube or any other media outlet.
With a prayer for his spiritual safety, the salvation of his soul, I say a heartfelt "goodbye" to this scandalous laicised …More
Thank goodness he's gone. Catholics should be much slower to praise these attention-seeking. self-publicist types. The priesthood is not a career, not a job, it's about saving souls, primarily through dispensing the Sacraments not blabbing on YouTube or any other media outlet.
With a prayer for his spiritual safety, the salvation of his soul, I say a heartfelt "goodbye" to this scandalous laicised priest.
With a prayer for his spiritual safety, the salvation of his soul, I say a heartfelt "goodbye" to this scandalous laicised priest.