Maybe he's just using it for the dying members of his flock. We had a member in our congregation once who had terminal breast cancer - her doctor wrote a letter to the police, who have her the plants, and she made tea from it. Cheaper than the pharmaceutical versions.

On the other hand, we have priests with kids, and the bishop moves them elsewhere - probably to find a different concubine.
Stephen Korsman | Homepage | 09.01.08 - 4:20 pm | #

Maybe, SK. But Occam's Razor seems applicable here too, no?
Ed Peters | Homepage | 09.01.08 - 5:07 pm | #

I don't think he's "one of ours."

http://www.dveri.bg/content/view.../view/7161/172/

The article mentions the priests wife and the Bulgarian Orthodox Bishop who has been sanctioning him.

Yet another case where Catholics are blamed.

Do I call Bill Donnelly? :-)
Jake | 09.01.08 - 8:06 pm | #

As far as I can tell, Brother Peters, Father Cyril Papudov is a member of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church...

Your headline may need some revising.
ASimpleSinner | Homepage | 09.02.08 - 10:52 pm | #

I am sorry, but he does have a point, sort of. The Good Lord does provide, sometimes whether we want Him to or not. Did they ever find out if he's actually selling or using it? If it's just growing there and the Father has the sense to leave it alone, I can't see the problem.
Panda Rosa | 09.10.08 - 11:08 am | #