Back in May of this year, Owen White, the former "Ochlophobist" left the Eastern Orthodox Church for the Roman Catholic Church and shut down his blog, limiting it to "Invited Readers Only."
This June, Fr. Al Kimmel, the former "Pontifications" blogger and a former Episcopal Priest (who was instrumental in guiding the way to catholicism for many disaffected Episcopalians and Anglicans looking for a new ship to sail on) has joined Holy Orthodoxy.
Personally, I'm very glad he's come on board. I believe he will be a wonderful priest for us on a par with Fr. Stephen Freeman.
If cross communion conversions such as the two above were sports trades, then I would say that we in Orthodoxy have gotten "a steal of a deal."
We get a real gentleman and able Priest, Fr. Al now Fr. Aiden, to join our ranks as a Western Rite Priest in ROCOR, and we ship off a layman (with marked politically liberal and overall cynical tendencies) to Rome.
We get rid of "a cancer in the clubhouse" (in my opinion) and end up with a true team player and bona fide star at his position.
Fr. Kimmel's blog was always one of my favs.
Great Trade!
May God Grant Fr. Aiden Many, Many Years as a ROCOR priest.
Sunday, June 19, 2011
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