What Happens When A Catholic Priest Fathers A Child?
The Catholic church has been riddled with scandal since time immemorial.
From the time before the Borgia popes, in their reign, through the centuries, to the modern-day scandals of pedophilia, child sex abuse, rape, among others, you cannot separate the church from infamy.
What infuriates me the most about the transgressions in the Catholic church is that it credits itself as an institution that is mandated to provide guidelines and lead the way on morality, justice, and goodness yet it is the same institution that is the hotbed of sin. To add salt to injury, the injustices committed by members of the clergy are treated with secrecy, and the victims rarely get the justice they deserve because of this.
Oaths
Catholic priests swear an oath to dedicate their lives to serving the church and its community and to forsake their earthly desires to better fulfill their commitments. Such vows are celibacy and material vows.
But as they are human, some of them fall, break their vows, end up having affairs, and even sire children.
Most children of priests live a life surrounded by secrecy, stigma, shame, and abandonment. They have many questions and receive few or no answers at all to their questions. They are also in the dark as to whom…
