Catholic priest stuns worshippers by telling them Christ had an erection when he died on the cross
A Catholic priest has been reprimanded after telling his stunned worshipers that Jesus Christ had an erection when he died on the cross.
Father Thomas McHale, the priest of Our Blessed Lady Immaculate in Blackhill, Consett, County Durham, took to the pulpit as usual on Good Friday.
However, the 53-year-old, who is from America, is said to have told the congregation, about a hundred Catholic residents, that blood would have flowed to Jesus’ lower body as a result of the violent execution method of the crucifixion.
A parishioner told me The times: ‘He told people that Jesus died with an erection. The church was shocked. There were young families living there.’
It is believed Father McHale has not lost his job, despite complaints from parishioners about the ‘vulgar’ Easter weekend sermon.
Father Thomas McHale, 53, from America, told worshipers that Christ had an erection when he died on the cross
Pictured: Our Blessed Lady Immaculate Church in Blackhill, Consett, County Durham
A spokesman for the Diocese of Hexham & Newcastle told the publication: ‘A complaint has been received and has been investigated in accordance with our diocesan complaints policy. The investigation was completed very recently and the complaint is well-founded.’
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California advocacy group Catholic Answers founded Father Justin to “provide users with reliable and educational answers” about Catholicism.
But the bearded avatar soon went rogue, promising to forgive users their sins, offering them a confession and claiming he had been a Catholic priest for 25 years.
Fr Justin has now been sacked and reappointed as a Catholic lay adviser after a storm of protest from believers outraged by the ‘creepy’ experiment.
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Jay Cooper of Violet Crown City Church in North Austin decided to see if the transformative technology was up to the task of inspiring his congregation through a full hour-long service.
The Methodist minister asked Chat GPT to come up with prayers, a sermon and an original song based on the church sermon that promises members “a safe space to explore life’s big questions.”