Local Episcopal Priests Apologize For Being Druids

DOWNINGTOWN, Pa. -- Two Episcopal priests face possible punishment from the church after it was discovered that they were leaders of a local society of Druids, people who follow a pre-Christian practice of worshipping the sun and venerating the Earth.

While directing parishes in Malvern and Downingtown, the Rev. Glyn Ruppe-Melnyk and the Rev. William Melnyk, a married couple, were also spiritual guides to local Druids.

On Thursday, after national Christian groups and Internet bloggers accused the Episcopal Church USA of promoting paganism through the priests' activities, the two wrote letters of apology, saying they "recanted and repudiated" their connection with Druidism.

Ruppe-Melnyk, rector of St. Francis-in-the-Fields parish in Malvern, and Melnyk, rector of St. James' Church in Downingtown, said in letters to Bishop Charles Bennison of the Diocese of Pennsylvania that their involvement in Druidism was an effort to "help others who had lost connection to the Church to find a way to reconnect."

In the letters, the Melnyks - in Druid circles, she used the name Raven, he the name OakWyse - affirmed their belief in the historic creeds of Christianity and asked for "the mercy of the Church and of our Lord Jesus Christ."

Losers.

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I wonder how many millions of priests are freemasons as well, if not parts of other occult societies....

Dont matter to me. Let em be Druids.

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Hmmm......I'm noticing since the election a sudden ATTACKING of religion and Christianity. Probably not a very smart way for Democrats to proceed.

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I've always attacked religion and Christianity - I started way before the election. Does that make me special?

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So here we have a priest that has violated the first commandment. I respect just about any religion and their followers but I know of no religion that isn't exclusive for it's followers. That is you cannot be a follower of more then one religion at a time. This mean that this priest/druid must be a non believer for at least one of the faiths he are supposed to be a leader within.

I think that we all have the right to demand that our priest, druid, Imam, shaman, rabbi or whatever to at least be a believer. Good that he came to his senses. A rather amusing story I say but I doubt that the followers of his church/circle feel the same.

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