Time Quote by Charles Benedict

“I realized I needed to think about how to leave priesthood—if it was even possible.”

— Charles Benedict

“After all, eighteen years of my life had been geared toward priesthood.”

— Charles Benedict

“(My trust-in-God issues were about accepting who he created me to be, not about hiding in the priesthood.)”

— Charles Benedict

“When I find myself drawn away from my priesthood duties by other interests and when my body begs for rest, I give to myself…

— Henry B. Eyring

“We cannot enjoy power in the priesthood until we learn to act by faith.”

— Robert L. Millet

“You can leave priesthood. You can be fired from priesthood.”

— Charles Benedict

“She could not handle telling people I had left priesthood, that I was gay, and she refused to use words associated with my sexuality.…

— Charles Benedict

“Your level of knowledge determines if you can be a priest for God or not.”

— Sunday Adelaja

“Though I wholeheartedly supported celibacy at the start of my seminary career, my opinion changed as I made my way toward and through priesthood.”

— Charles Benedict

“We have no better materials to compound the priesthood of, than the mass of mankind, which corrupted as it is, those who receive orders…

— Jonathan Swift

“With all my soul I longed to be in a position to join with the people in performing the rites of their faith, but…

— Leo Tolstoy

“Could I survive in the world as an ex-priest that no one wanted anything to do with?”

— Charles Benedict