Saint McGreevey??

Andrew Sullivan blogs: "I got to know the former governor of New Jersey as he reached out to people during his period of turmoil. Whatever your view of his past actions, I always found Jim to be a deeply spiritual person whose repression of his homosexuality drew him away from God and his own true calling. He is studying for the Episcopal priesthood now."

"We are so quick to condemn past flaws, and so slow to acknowledge new beginnings. It is God's work Jim now does - and his open orientation, God's help and a strong relationship have made all the difference."

[http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/06/jim-mcgreeveys-new-mission.html]<BR>
As Church Lady on SNL used to say, "Well, isn't that special?"

As for McGreevey's "past flaws"...

Let's see: Gov McGreevey "came out" because another man, Golan Cipel, threatened him with a sexual harassment lawsuit. According to Cipel, the press had distorted his history, transforming him from a naval officer into a "sailor", and from someone who had self-published a book of poetry at age sixteen into a "poet." He claims such distortions supported the story that McGreevey allegedly created and the press eagerly covered.

In his own words, Cipel claims he was one of many victims of McGreevey's sexual harassment, that he had "no romantic affair" with the governor, but rather was taken advantage of.[10] He also describes the former governor's behavior as egotistical, unprofessional, immoral and immature.

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golan_Cipel]<BR>
Before Cipel, McGreevey had no intention of disclosing his homosexuality: "As glorious and meaningful as it would have been to have a loving and sound sexual experience with another man, I knew I'd have to undo my happiness step by step as I began chasing my dream of a public career and the kind of 'acceptable' life that went with it. So, instead, I settled for the detached anonymity of bookstores and rest stops — a compromise, but one that was wholly unfulfilling and morally unsatisfactory."

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McGreevey]

In other words, to pursue his career in politics, he had to act like most of us - heterosexual - and found it necessary to marry women and father children to keep up appearances. Naturally, he didn't tell the women the truth...

McGreevey has a daughter Morag from his first marriage (1991-1997) to Canadian Karen Joan Schutz. He has another daughter, Jacqueline, from his second marriage to Portuguese-born Dina Matos McGreevey.

In her memoirs, Matos wrote that she would never have married McGreevey if she had known he was gay, nor would she have chosen to have a gay man to father her child.

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_McGreevey]

So, let me get this straight [yep, meant that one!]: We're supposed to shit for joy because an egotistical homosexual found God, entered the priesthood, volunteers with ex-convicts, and has a new boyfriend??

What about the women deceived, the children bereft of a father, and the man (or, men!) sexually harassed and/or smeared by the press because of one man's secret life??

Oh! And lest we forget, he's preparing to enter the priesthood, too -- even though homosexuality is a sin, and like adultery, should disqualify anyone from leading a flock in the name of Jesus...

His current "good works" do not change who he is, and they certainly don't qualify him to be a pastor in a Christian church. Even if they did, his homosexuality is completely incompatible with 2000 years of Christian doctrine and tradition. He is de facto outside the communion, so how can he aspire to the clergy?

How any denomination can ordain him is beyond me....

What's next for him -- sainthood?