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Priests, Celibacy, and Father Mychal Judge
from Matt Lauer of The Vatican · #75
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6 minTim and Ray talk about how many priests secretly break their celibacy vows, the story of openly gay 9/11 hero priest Father Mychal Judge, and why young men join the seminary anyway.
- 37:47Priests break their celibacy vows by sleeping with women or men on the side.
- 38:19Tim was baffled for years by young guys choosing seminary, until realizing they simply don't follow the celibacy rule.
- 38:45Being a priest who fucks anyway is more duplicitous than just not being a priest, since you're forced to be a liar.
- 39:27Discussion shifts to Roy Moore's Alabama Senate campaign and exit poll data.
- 40:08Tim notes it's hard to claim moral high ground electing a candidate accused by multiple underage women.
- 40:45Roy Moore claimed America was better during slavery because people had good values and took care of each other.
- 41:35Roy Moore's spokesman argues a Muslim member of Congress can't swear in because they have to swear on the Bible.
- 42:20John Brennan, CIA director, didn't take his oath on a Bible but on the Constitution, sparking Muslim rumors.
- 42:36Tim speculates Brennan, being devout Catholic, may have refused the Bible because he knew he'd have to do bad stuff.
- 42:56Bigger acts like Amy Schumer do prayer circles before performances, which Tim finds unnecessary and luck-dependent.
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