<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=414005" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>I have decided: Finally.</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">My family donated me to mother church, a priest to be.<br>Because no one consulted me, I had no chance to disagree.<br>So in due course I was ordained and found I’d lost more than I gained<br>The church had educated me. I’d won a double first degree<br>My parents did what they thought best they acted in my interest.<br>There was no way I could protest. Though I must say I’m not impressed with the way that things were done and recently I have begun.<br>To realise resentfully my future was mapped out for me.<br>I am expected to repress the normal feelings I possess.<br> A problem which all priests address. I am a man no more no less.<br>I am quite certain that I would not have chosen the priesthood.<br>I have decided that I should quit the priesthood and for good<br>The practice of celibacy seems quite unnatural to me.<br>I am convinced a priest should be free to have a family.<br>The church has made a grave mistake expecting every priest to take<br>A vow which causes so much heart ache. I must resign: Make a clean break.<br>To earn my living honestly in some profession where I’m free<br>To wed and raise a family. Celibacy is not for me.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Monday,26 April 2010<br>http: // blog.myspace.com/poeticpiers</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ivor+Or+Ivor.e+Hogg">Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=414005" data-title="I have decided: Finally. de Ivor Or Ivor.e Hogg" data-description="My family donated me to mother church, a priest to be. Because no one consulted me, I had no chance to disagree. So in due course I was ordained and found I’d lost more than I gained The church had educated me. I’d won a double first degree My..."></div> </div> </div>

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