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Does anyone know what happened to a priest that used to host Life on the Rock a few years ago. I forget his name but he was tall and liked to play basketball.
 
Fr. Francis Mary Stone left EWTN and his ministry in 2007, explaining that he needed time to discern his life direction and vocation. There was a woman in the picture, a widow he had counseled and her family, he says that he has formed an emotional relationship with her.
We should continue to pray for him and all priests, they have a very difficult life.

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I certainly will keep him in my prayers. He’s been on my mind lately. Let’s all pray for him.
 
From what I heard he is now known as Dave Stone. He recently launched a website davestoneinc.com/

But apparantly the website seems to have been taken down as the URL now redirects to some sort of “server error” page.
 
“Fr. Joe’s” blog had a lot of posts on him and he finally stopped any new ones.
Dave Stone as far as anyone knows is still a priest but has other obligations to take care of. The church wont take care of children anymore and he had to make a choice.
fatherjoe.wordpress.com/2008/01/04/ewtn-scandals-problem-priests/#comment-103962

I think he said he is writing a book and he might have a new website one day. The old one was tacky in my opinion and although you could write him (I did that early on) the asking for money and other pod casts were a bit weird.

I pray for him though and others that falter. I know one mistake can have great repercussions and I have had my share.
 
*“2477: Respect for the reputation of persons forbids every attitude and word likely to cause (someone) unjust injury. He becomes guilty:

– of rash judgment who, even tacitly, assumes as true, without sufficient foundation, the moral fault of a neighbor;

– of detraction who, without objectively valid reason, discloses another’s faults and failings to persons who did not know them;

– of calumny who, by remarks contrary to the truth, harms the reputation of others and gives occasion for false judgments concerning them.”

The Catechism also makes it clear that just because a statement is factually correct, that doesn’t mean we have a right to blab:

“2488: The right to the communication of the truth is not unconditional. Everyone must conform his life to the gospel precept of fraternal love. This requires us in concrete situations to judge whether or not it is appropriate to reveal the truth to someone who asks for it.”*catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=25005
 
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*“2477: Respect for the reputation of persons forbids every attitude and word likely to cause (someone) unjust injury. He becomes guilty:

– of rash judgment who, even tacitly, assumes as true, without sufficient foundation, the moral fault of a neighbor;

– of detraction who, without objectively valid reason, discloses another’s faults and failings to persons who did not know them;

– of calumny who, by remarks contrary to the truth, harms the reputation of others and gives occasion for false judgments concerning them.”

The Catechism also makes it clear that just because a statement is factually correct, that doesn’t mean we have a right to blab:

“2488: The right to the communication of the truth is not unconditional. Everyone must conform his life to the gospel precept of fraternal love. This requires us in concrete situations to judge whether or not it is appropriate to reveal the truth to someone who asks for it.”*catholic.org/international/international_story.php?id=25005
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Your right, instead of blabbing we should pray for him and not judge his faults and failings. We all have our flaws. No one is perfect.

I mean if someone was to blab about our flaws we would be pretty offended!
Indeed during his time on EWTN he often prayed for us! Let’s return the favor by praying for him!
 
Of course you should pray for him, but you don’t have to pretend the man never existed. If someone asks a simple question or says something in error, re “he left the priesthood” you could answer. You could also tell them to “google” it, there is a lot of info on the web.

My VERY devout Domincan parish had a priest tell me this. You should watch how you are on all blogs, they can be dangerous. When I asked if it was a sin I was discussing my dismay over this priest, he said in some cases, yes, but Fr. Francis and EWTN put themselves out there by discussing it on the air. It wasn’t a secret. You didn’t know about it because you worked there and then told someone who didn’t know, etc. He also had a blog, a podcast, put email on the web, phone numbers, answered mail, etc. No one is tellilng anything about Dave Stone that someone didn’t ask about because they knew him.He wanted people to talk about him.
He said you can’t blame EWTN for wanting the gossip to end, but they also started it. If someone asks about him, you don’t have to lie and say you don’t know, but you don’t have to bring it up. You also don’t have to discuss the more torrid aspects.
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You shouldn't say mean things about the widow or her family, but this is no different than discussing a politician who is in the news or a religious figure.
And if and when his book comes out, you don’t have to read it, buy it, or talk about it, but again, it’s not a sin.You can’t stick your head under rocks and pretend that any religous that leaves or strays is “off limits”. That thinking got us in a LOT of trouble in the past.
I had a priest near me steal money and run off with his lover…that was on the news. Is it a sin to discuss it? I don’t think so, but probably not healthy to keep dwelling on it.
 
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