ElijahST

no, he isn't a priest anymore, the church diocese removed him. the last time i searched him, which i tend to do frequentlyhe works/ed in a hotel and lives two hours away. i told the bishop once about it. and he told me about a women who worked with lds social services and i got so nervous about it. so i didn't do anything about it. and then one day i was helping with setting up an activity at church and this lady randomly asked me about it and said i should talk with someone and i was like no thanks. but i did and it ended up being the lady the bishop told me about. and she is really nice.although we don't agree with a few things we agree with more things than not.

my mother knew about it. the school, church and detectives were involved in it. after we could get it as far as we could (it was ruled my word against his). so after that we never spoke about it. or when we did we would just quickly end the conversation. i just don't know what to do about it. i am totally against capital punishment, murder, and death of any kind. but i feel the only way i will be able to have freedom and live my life is when he's gone. i know thats not a good thing to think for someone. i can't seem to help it though.

I have heard of Rev. Rob Bell, and I like his work a lot. He has really good small clips about many things that make your mind work out things and show Christianity in a diffrent perspective to believers.

i am uncomfortable with the people of the catholic church, the church diocese sent me to a catholic counselor and after two years of having sessions with her i got a simple phone call saying she wasn't going to see me again, and then to find now she is the director of RCIA and pastorial director and in charge of music there at the same church. i don't understand how someone can do that. i know i have let my family down. i was suppose to direct her in her faith and i didn't instead i left the church. i am thankful that i did leave. but at times i wonder if i had made the right decision in reporting him. the mormon church is nice. it's just difficult seeing so many people who have family moral support. and they all believe the same thing. i feel like i don't belong there.

i was raised in the roman catholic church, as it came to the year of my confirmation, i didn't feel ready to go through with it. but i did. i was repeatedly molested by my preist in the church and reported it when i was 12. once i turned 18 i decided to join the mormon church i thought it offered hope a way out. but i still deal with it, with the thoughts of him coming back. my mother still attends that church and doesn't understand why i won't. i feel as if she had betrayed me for still going there and at the same time i feel as if i have betryaed her for leaving the catholic church. i feel aweful at times when i go and attend events at this one catholic church when i see my old friends being happy with the faith. i ended up being my cousins confirmation sponsor and i feel as if i have let her down. i feel confused about faith and whats right. i see things that are right with the mormon church but its so difficult to express it to my family, i have no clue what to do. how would you make those feelings/ thoughts go away? and how should i express to my mother that i don't feel comfortable with the catholic church? thanks, and im so sorry how im all over the place.