Is it wrong for a catholic priest to fall in love?

[Anonymous]

Like have romantic feelings about a woman, flirt with her, care a lot about her?

[NamerOfStars]

No- but sex and marriage would be a violation of his vows. It IS, to be blunt, kind of stupid; the other sects, even the other ORTHODOX sects, do just fine letting their priests marry, and *so did the Catholic Church* for most of its history.

[Lina26]

Sects? Get your sects straight please

[NamerOfStars]

@Lina26 Yes, sects. Are you under the impression that there's only one form of Christianity?

[Lina26]

There is various divisions of Christianity. Please do check what sect means.

[NamerOfStars]

@Lina26 It means "A body of people adhering to a doctrine or to a leader and following their own beliefs". It's derived from the old French "secte", meaning "religious community". There are indeed divisions of Christianity; there are called sects. There are even referred to as such in the Bible.

[boggboss]

U say this like we don't know ow of priests that touch kids lol

[WhitneySnow]

They can get kicked out of the priesthood for that but I don’t think it’s wrong

[Anonymous]

Yes, they took a vow of celebacy and are supposed to be married to the church.