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Diocese tells party priest Rev. Gregory Malia to straighten up or get lost

Posted on August 15, 2009 by Kendall Harmon

Episcopal church officials on Friday gave the bar-hopping, big-spending Rev. Gregory Malia six months to straighten up and fly right or face the consequences – defrocking. The Diocese of Bethlehem, Pa., also barred Malia, 43, from using ecclesiastical titles or holding himself out as a priest until his case is settled.

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4 comments on “Diocese tells party priest Rev. Gregory Malia to straighten up or get lost”

  1. Phil says:
    August 15, 2009 at 11:09 pm

    I guess I don’t understand the problem. I thought all the sacraments were for all the baptized. This is shocking injustice and bigotry from the Episcopal Church.

  2. Bernini says:
    August 16, 2009 at 2:23 am

    Hear, hear! How dare they restrain the good father from sharing God’s bounty with all those around him!

  3. teatime says:
    August 16, 2009 at 4:18 am

    But how much do you want to bet that if this guy was a homosexual, they would say nothing at all?

  4. Jim the Puritan says:
    August 16, 2009 at 4:53 am

    And the difference between this guy and new TEC sweetheart Father Cutie, aka Father Oprah, is?