From Celibate Catholic Priest to Married Protestant Minister: Shepherding in Greener Pastures - Paperback

by Stephen Joseph Fichter (Author)

This book is the scholarly study of former Catholic priests who had to make a major life decision as they struggled with their commitment to celibacy and their desire to marry. In order to unite those two incompatible identities, they had to shed their Catholic affiliation. This is the first study of its kind.

Author Biography

Stephen Joseph Fichter is the pastor at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church in Haworth, New Jersey, and research associate at the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA) at Georgetown University.