What do I do about my Dad?

[jsinf88]

I had a question about what I should do about a particular situation. At my house I have a shop that has a living quarters in it. My parents are divorced (about twelve years ago) and I allowed my dad to rent out the living quarters from me. My dad no longer practices his faith and just informed me that he was going to have a women that he met come over and spend a week with him. I expressed to him my concerns about the situation, but I don’t feel like I can tell him he CAN’T have someone stay at his place, because he is renting it. I don’t know what to do and my wife is pretty upset about the whole thing. We do have four young children. I don’t know if I should have him move out or if we are overreacting. If you had some insights I would like to here it. Thank You.

 

[Fr.Vincent_Serpa]

Hi,

I don’t know what the legality of telling him to move out is. But I do know that you CAN tell him that you do not want him giving bad example to his grand children. You can further state that as a father, he should be sensitive to this and that you fear for your children,

I would check with a lawyer if I were you. If he wants to do this now, I suspect that he will do it again. There is no sense in letting this happen now. You are in our prayers.

Fr. Vincent Serpa, O.P.