Asymmetric Catholic

At first I thought he wanted to become a Catholic priest, MCGreevey being a former Catholic. I hope he finds peace in his new denomination.

Former Governor James McGreevey Applies to Seminary School

Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Former New Jersey Gov. James E. McGreevey has applied to an Episcopal seminary school in Manhattan with the intent of starting the process of being a priest.

McGreevey resigned from office in August 2004 after admitting he is gay and had cheated on his wife with a man he had hired to be his homeland security adviser. He is currently going through the "discernment" phase that precedes joining the seminary, Rev. Kevin Bean, vicar at St. Bartholomew's Church in Manhattan, told The Star-Ledger.

"This process that he's in right now, is not going to be some snap of the finger, overnight process. That will not happen. That's not how it works. He knows that," Bean said. "And so at the parish level, and at the diocesan level, everyone knows that this is a process that ... intentionally is deliberate. You don't enter into it unadvisably."

Formerly a Catholic who had been at odds with the church over his support for abortion rights, McGreevey was officially received into the Episcopal religion on Sunday. The three-year program at General Theological Seminary begins in the fall. McGreevey does not know yet whether he has been accepted into the program.