Quote by Charles Benedict

“At that point in time, the need to be myself had become a competing desire with my priesthood, but I didn’t quite understand that…

— Charles Benedict

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

— Charles Benedict

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

— Robert L. Millet

“There are two main rules when dealing with priests: 1. Do nothing to them. 2. Do not trust them. - Then it's easy with them.”

— Karel Havlíček Borovský

“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

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

— Charles Benedict

“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

“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

“He was truly a man of faith. He believed in his friends, in the truth of things, and in something to which he didn't…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

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

— Sunday Adelaja

“I had to learn to trust more intimately in the power and presence of God, and to dare to let go of the need…

— John Tourangeau