"Intentionality" once again rears its seven heads

58 priests send a letter urging cardinal to resign Boutin said he believes that his promise of obedience is less important than his duty to obey his own conscience, and he said that he views the clergy sexual abuse crisis as a turning point in church history.

He might have asked himself if a conscience which told him to disobey a solemn vow was really properly formed enough to be trusted.

"JB believed his promise of marital fidelity was less important than his duty to obey his own conscience, and he said he views his wife's debilitating disease as a turning point in his marriage."

"JB believed his promise to protect and defend the constitution from all enemies foreign and domestic was less important than his duty to obey his conscience, and he believed turning over the nuclear codes to Castro was a turning point in history."

It sounds a whole lot less impressive, now, doesn't it?

[The letter is here. The one priest I know on the list is someone I have vaguely distrusted for a while. The vagueness is gone.]