It took me about a year but I am finally an ordained priest. I’ve been
wanting to become a priest since I was 14 years old and I was thinking
this probably would not happen anymore until I learned about the
independent Catholic and Orthodox churches. I really wanted to be in a
mainline denomination I really felt home with the Episcopal Church
but that was not in the cards for me. I also tried with the Lutheran
ELCA it took me about a year but I am finally an ordained priest. I’ve
been wanting to become a priest since I was 14 years old and I was
thinking this probably would not happen anymore until I learned about
the independent Catholic and Orthodox churches. I really wanted to be
in a mainline denomination I really felt home with the Episcopal
Church but that was not in the cards for me. I also tried with the
Lutheran ELCA and United Methodist Church but they also have no
place for people with learning disabilities to be clergy. No I know I’m
not the smartest or the brightest but I know my passion for Christ is
very real and I am truly grateful to the Archbishop Alfred Deleo who
has given me this chance. I learned that he is Registered sex offender
and people said because of this my ordination was a ballot and no one
would do anything with my church because of that. Many in the
independent Catholic Church are very petty individuals who make it
very hard to become clergy and some of them will make it way too easy.
Many clergy do not even have a college education let alone a seminary
education. I have a seminary education and I am very proud of that
because I was told that I wasn’t smart enough or good enough to go to
college to let alone get my masters in divinity. I am also working on my
doctors of ministry which I hope to accomplish in the next two years.
So maybe I’m not good enough for the Episcopal Church or the
Lutheran Church or the Methodist Church I have found a home with
the independent Catholic Church. I cannot speak for others but I
promise you if you come to my church to worship and allow me to be a
pastor for you I will do my best to represent you and teach you about
the gospel. And I would never allow register sex offender to be alone
with children ever. I’d like to practice the Episcopal church policy
where you never meet with anybody alone and you only meet with
children with their parents there. There’s nothing more that show their
safety is paramount to the ministries. I sometimes will screw up with
my worthy because I like social Grace and I have dysgraphia but I
promise you I will give you the very best I can and I thank you for g
Giving me a chance. I will try not to let you down by also no I will not let you down.