SWITCHES CHURCH ALLEGIANCE
By JEANE MacINTOSH and MARIANNE GARVEY
May 3, 2007 -- Call him Father Jim. Gay former Gov. Jim McGreevey is becoming an Episcopal priest and has been accepted to study at a seminary school in Chelsea.
The lapsed Catholic will enter a three-year master of divinity program at the General Theological Seminary in September, while undergoing the long process of ordination at St. Bartholomew's Church on Park Avenue.
McGreevey, who sensationally announced that he was a "gay American" after former lover and aide Golan Cipel threatened to out him, went through the first step to becoming a priest on Sunday when he was received into the Episcopal church.
I would have no problem with this if he repents of his sins and attempts to live a chaste life. However, I doubt that will be required of him by those helping him in the discernment process.
Why not fast track him to be the next Bishop of NJ?
Truth is stranger than fiction!
