I think if someone is going to do marital counselling, both spouses should be there. [Be]ause the wife especially could be just complaining about how awful her husband is to the priest and he could be on her side.

A lady was going often to the priest’s residence; she was well behaved but the priest could see no reason for the visits. He therefore thought that it would be better if they ceased. What was he to do? He tried to make her understand indirectly, but it was no use, she either did not understand him, or pretended that she did not. Then he spoke plainly to her and told her to stay in her own house. She took it badly and, one day that she met him, she complained in presence of other people and asked him if that was his ordinary way of dealing with ladies. He replied that it was. And why? she asked. Because, as you ought to know, the priest’s house is not made for women. She remained mute, and those who were listening said: Fine! What more does she want to know? That reason is worth a hundred. Vice versa, we can say: the houses of women are not made for priests. “Let him go and say his Breviary, this is not the place for him,” was said by a lady about a priest who wanted to prolong his visit.

I think if someone is going to do marital counselling, both spouses should be there. Cause the wife especially could be just complaining about how awful her husband is to the priest and he could be on her side.

Reading the lawsuit, wow, 6 children are being affected! It also says that one of the priests gave the wife a letter to give to the husband about him being abusive and "other misdeeds in the marriage". Shortly after, the husband was told to move out of his own home by the priests and a representative of the priests. The husband obeyed and then the priests initiated a formal separation. The wife sought the legal system to make sure her husband couldn't come back home or see the children.

One of the priests swooped in and the wife and him had an affair. The children were left alone in the home while this happened.

This makes me upset how these priests could paint the husband with false allegations and ruin his life. It's disgusting. And the ultimate betrayal by priests.

It's the equivalent of a married woman seeking comfort and an outlet to vent from a male friend. And then the male friend swoops in and paints the husband as the bad guy. My past experience with male friends is that they aren't really friends and if they get jealous of the other man that you are dating or married to, that's a red flag. I'm sure to help with marriage problems, the wife would have better success talking to an older woman with a good marriage who can guide her.

There is no such thing as a man and a woman being friends.

there seems to be the greatest friendship between husband and wife

one of the priests gave the wife a letter to give to the husband about him being abusive and "other misdeeds in the marriage"