Quote by Charles Benedict

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

— Charles Benedict

“He reminded me that I was not the first priest to acknowledge his sexuality and that despite the Vatican’s stance, a chaste and celibate…

— 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

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

— Charles Benedict

“To some extent a life of celibacy is a picture of how all of us are to live, containing our passions for God’s purposes.”

— Eric Metaxas

Priestly celibacy has been guarded by the Church for centuries as a brilliant jewel, and retains its value undiminished even in our time when…

— Pope Paul VI

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

— 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

“on the higher levels of the spiritual path, celibacy is considered a most important aspect of the training.”

— Ayya Khema

“Sunny - If you can explain yourself before someone kicks your ass, count your blessings and give some thought to going back to the…

— J. A. Dennam

“Okay, that's intensely interesting," Duvall said. "So you're a priest of the Forshan religion? Which schism?" "The leftward schism, and no, not a priest."…

— John Scalzi

“As the trimester wound to a close with no apparent success, our spiritual directors laid down the law and told us we needed to…

— Charles Benedict