Why are you an atheist?

[Eilonnwy]

Awesome, a semi-open-minded priest. At least he didn't force it one you.

Yep. I talk about him in my blog in basically my 2 part post about how and why I became atheist. He was actually a crucial part in my realizing that Catholicism was a choice and opening my eyes to what I truly thought. When I did go to church, I always enjoyed his homilies. When my mother fougth me on Confirmation, it was his homily that changed her mind.

Unfortunately he and his partner were removed from the parish by Cardinal Law because a small group of people complained loudly about his unorthodox ideas. He became a preist without a Parish of his own for while. Even though I was agnostic at the time, I still attended his last mass at the Parish because I respected him and later when I was hospitalized he came and visited me, which I liked.