Married priest a U.K. first
NZPA-AAP London A former Anglican vicar has become the first married English Catholic priest, “The Times” has reported. The Rev. Patrick Eastman, aged 46, was ordained in front of his wife, Maureen, and three adult children in Oklahoma. According to the newspaper, that makes Father Eastman the first married British clergyman to be ordained into the Roman Catholic Ministry. The head of the Catholic Church in Britain, the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Basil Hume, announced last September that special arrangements were to be made for married clergy converting to the faith. The move was seen by some Catholic priests as the first step towards a noncelibate Ministry. Father Eastman, who until last October was the vicar of Hedworth, Durham, decided to go to the United States to be ordained there under special rules. But the Bishops’ Conference hopes to produce a uniform agreement to give guidelines for married convert clergy becoming priests in England and Wales.
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Press, 30 August 1984, Page 6
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