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Offline Matthew

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Where are these priests today?
« Reply #35 on: July 19, 2015, 07:18:23 AM »
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also Fr. Jason Huvar left the priesthood, married and joined the military; going to Afghanistan.

Jason Huvar is apparently stationed at Fort Hood, Texas now.

This link includes a picture of him in 2014 (validating that this is definitely the same Jason Huvar) story with picture.

This link describes his wife and how they met at Mass. Interesting. story with wife


He'll always be Father Huvar to me.  She will always be a (expletive) who left her husband and went after this priest without shame or remorse for what she did.  


I definitely recognize him -- he must have come to one or more Priest Meetings in Winona, MN while I was there.

I doubt she wooed him in her current state. "Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disorder that causes muscles to tire and weaken easily, according to www.webmd.com. Michelle takes medication every four hours just so she can breathe. Fibromyalgia causes widespread muscle pain, fatigue and tenderness."

They got married in 2006, and this article was written in 2009. So in just 3 years, her health was reduced to that degree? Wow.

Academic question: If lots of people offered prayers and Masses for Fr. Huvar, including some people close to God, what would an answer to prayer look like? HINT: God doesn't generally interfere with the normal forward flow of time, nor does He annihilate things/persons, etc.

It looks like Fr. Huvar got 15 months away from "distractions" to think about his situation. I'd say someone is praying for him. An encouraging sign to keep praying...you never know! "Dum spiro, spero" Where there's breath, there's hope.
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Offline wallflower

Where are these priests today?
« Reply #36 on: July 19, 2015, 08:08:15 AM »
I don't know their story but I doubt many women just up and decide to "go after" a priest. What she now describes as shyness in professing their "love" (no true love seeks the spiritual destruction of the beloved) was likely actually conscience and fighting temptation at the time.

The scary truth is this kind of thing could simply be all in a day's work for a priest. They act as counselors and women tend to seek counsel more often than men. It's probably one of the most dangerous necessary occasions of sin for the priests and I am sure they are warned of it often. Then you add that people tend to fall in love with therapists since they appreciate being listened to and guided. And if the two happen to have a natural chemistry on top of that, well there you go, they find themselves in the worst of situations without even having sought it out. Both sides have to be extremely vigilant and maybe even cut off contact completely to have any hope of fighting it.

That's why the now-seen-as-archaic safeguards society used to maintain are so important. We don't have to seek out temptation to be vulnerable, the devil will bring it right to our doors any chance he gets.
     

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Offline Matthew

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« Reply #37 on: July 19, 2015, 08:41:23 AM »
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That's why the now-seen-as-archaic safeguards society used to maintain are so important. We don't have to seek out temptation to be vulnerable, the devil will bring it right to our doors any chance he gets.


That's why society's opinion of a given situation, defined as what is "proper" or "appropriate" was one of those safeguards. If polite society looks down on something, there is usually a reason for it.

And yes, you have to have your guard up from the beginning, and never let it down. Once you've discovered someone you really get along with and "like" on a human level, it's often too late. Even despite yourself, you would find yourself looking forward to each potential chance to see that person, etc. and basically nature would take its course. At that point, you'd have to do something drastic to cut things off completely (I'm talking about any inappropriate friendship -- any relationship that shouldn't be).

Infatuation does kind of "happen" -- it's not a rational thing.
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Offline clarkaim

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« Reply #38 on: June 29, 2019, 03:07:03 PM »
Father Huvar was the priest at my marriage 21 years ago.  I wonder how much of situations like his are a result of the contradictions inherent in t vocations of R & R priests.  He was a good man, I hope he still is.  Did he remain traditional?  Hope so.  Not my place to judge him, that belongs to Our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Offline forlorn

Re: Where are these priests today?
« Reply #39 on: June 29, 2019, 04:49:20 PM »
Quote from: Matthew on July 18, 2015, 09:16:53 PM
For that matter, few people leave the house one day and say, "I'm going to find someone to commit adultery with." No, they start out BECOMING FRIENDS -- IMPRUDENTLY -- WITH A MEMBER OF THE OPPOSITE SEX. After a flame is kindled (which is easy, given human nature and the way God made men and women) the decision is later made to commit adultery/get a divorce/etc.

Moral of the story: keep a guard around your heart -- so-called innocent friendships can be very dangerous if they're not proper. A man shouldn't be "friends" with any women that aren't his wife. Acquaintances or co-workers maybe -- but he must always keep a professional detachment or distance between him and any women. (Likewise for women of course).
Agreed. Even when I was young and bought every modernist lie the media was telling me, I still knew that friendships between men and women were ultimately fake and that in almost every case at least one party was partially attracted to the other. I noticed this even as a kid. Statistics show that something like half of women actually have "backup men" to go to if their current relationship goes sour(I bet this statistic is much more severe if you discount religious women). These are no doubt people they insist are "just friends" and that they lead on. That same statistic also shows that men are happily willing to pretend to not be attracted to female friends so they can stay in the background waiting to jump in whenever she breaks up. It's an insane scenario, but it's very real and very common. Most people who insist male-female frienships can exist where neither party are at all attracted or tempted are either kidding themselves or have something to hide. 

You can remain polite acquaintances but married people should absolutely not have friendships with members of the opposite sex. It can only lead to trouble.
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