Tuesday, April 26, 2011

TRENTON, NJ: Heaven can wait. McGreevey priest bid is rejected

TRENTON, NJ: Heaven can wait. McGreevey priest bid is rejected

EXCLUSIVE

By CHUCK BENNETT and JOSH MARGOLIN
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/heaven_can_wait_rzIVCJVENUl8mgCezXBUCJ#ixzz1KZUsITb5
April 25, 2011

Don't call him Father Jim just yet.

Former New Jersey Gov. Jim McGreevey -- who shocked the nation in 2004 when he announced he was a "gay American" and stepped down from office -- has been denied his bid to join the priesthood of the Episcopal Church, The Post has learned.

Church leaders, who have long embraced gay parishioners and clergy, were bothered by McGreevey's bitter divorce, sources told The Post.

"It was not being gay but for being a jackass -- [McGreevey] didn't come out of the whole divorce looking good," said a source with the Episcopal Diocese of Newark.

Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org

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