Q: Many priests and people of Mysore Diocese [in India] begged the Vatican for years to investigate the scandalous activities of their Bishop William Antony. The Bishop has many different mistresses and illegitimate children, and has [allegedly] stolen money from the Church. Some diocesan priests who complained were murdered.
The Bishop has some supporters, but we assume he has bribed them to say positive things about him. One of his supporters says that the Bishop has no mistress, he has a respectable wife because he received a dispensation from the Pope to get married. We would like to know if this could be possible in canon law. Why would Rome permit a bishop to marry a woman and have a family, when all our priests are required to be celibate? If this is true, we do not understand the purpose in it…. –Mona Continue reading