Player Priest Can't Be Blamed, Old Church Lady Says

As reported last week, a woman is suing the Diocese of Brooklyn for $25 million because a Roman Catholic priest at Our Lady of the Snows church allegedly seduced her from the confession booth. The accused priest, Reverend Elvis Elano, has yet to speak publicly, but yesterday parishioners at his former church in Astoria opened up to the Post. And one 80-year-old female churchgoer can probably count on being summoned to testify in Elano's defense: "I don't care whether he's a priest or not, when a woman opens her legs, a man is not going to say no. I don't believe it, but if he did it, more power to him."

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By John Del Signore in News on November 3, 2008 1:25 PM

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NannyState

$25 million? Fucking greedy whore. She's worth $50 a trick and nothing more. Pay her out of the roof fund.

Future Taliban

"when a woman opens her legs, a man is not going to say no."

Whoever says that has obviously not experienced firsthand the average American female's lack of intimate personal hygiene.

Whew!.

matty

I'm not a theologian, but that is not why priests take celibacy vows, bh.

babyhitler

The priests are just emulating mother mary right? it's cause mary didn't have sex and had a baby right? Good Old Joseph. sitting idly by and taking care of Mary cause she had god's baby even though he never got to touch any of that milky white virginal goodness.

matty

"a vow of celibacy is the traditional commitment and celebration of faith."

It also seems to be the leading cause of mental healthy problems in the clergy.

Do I know this? no. Do I think it? You bet.

suepart

a vow of celibacy is the traditional commitment and celebration of faith. for those who choose to break it, it is entirely a personal choice and no reflection on the religion or the church itself. to mock it is as always a contemporary thing to do.