{"id":2135,"date":"2016-08-14T21:05:02","date_gmt":"2016-08-14T21:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=2135"},"modified":"2016-08-14T21:05:02","modified_gmt":"2016-08-14T21:05:02","slug":"priest-put-on-leave-for-sexting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/priest-put-on-leave-for-sexting\/","title":{"rendered":"Priest Put On Leave For &#8216;Sexting&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>From CBS:<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-image\">\n<figure class=\"\"><span class=\"img \"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/cbsnews3.cbsistatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2016\/08\/14\/5b1bdb2a-c92f-444b-a7f4-3a3afc9a6482\/thumbnail\/620x350\/1cf17401019d1d32db1d04efe3ead6d6\/priest.jpg\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cbsnews3.cbsistatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2016\/08\/14\/5b1bdb2a-c92f-444b-a7f4-3a3afc9a6482\/thumbnail\/620x350\/1cf17401019d1d32db1d04efe3ead6d6\/priest.jpg 1x, http:\/\/cbsnews1.cbsistatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2016\/08\/14\/5b1bdb2a-c92f-444b-a7f4-3a3afc9a6482\/thumbnail\/1240x700\/54e1874f743f64c7e40e3fcc9a95825f\/priest.jpg 2x\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"350\" \/><\/span><figcaption>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>Pastor Lawrence McGovern.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit\"><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-entry\" class=\"entry\" data-use-autolinker=\"true\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>STOCKTON, Calif. &#8212; A Northern California Catholic church is embroiled in a sexting scandal.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>A Stockton parishioner claims he was fired from his job after his priest sent him an explicit text message, <a href=\"http:\/\/sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com\/2016\/08\/13\/man-claims-he-was-fired-after-catholic-priest-sent-explicit-text-message\/\" target=\"_blank\">CBS San Francisco reported<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong>Now the parishioner has filed a lawsuit.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><em> <strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/sexting-scandal-allegedly-involving-priest-rocks-northern-california-church\/\">[For Full Story<\/a><\/strong><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2016\/06\/04\/tropical-rains-possible-tornadoes-threaten-half-us.html?intcmp=hpbt1\"><em><strong>]<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-story-p\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><em> <strong>[Return to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiritdaily.com\/\">www.spiritdaily.com]<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-story-p\"><a href=\"file:\/\/\/C:\/Users\/Michael%20H%20Brown\/Documents\/My%20Webs\/index.htm\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spiritdaily.com\/angellily.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-story-p\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times;\"><em>Pray always for purity and love<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ap-story-p\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><span style=\"font-size: large;\">+++<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1859\" src=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Quoteresized-1.png\" alt=\"Quoteresized\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"uncategorized\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1471208702\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"Priest Put On Leave For &#8216;Sexting&#8217;\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From CBS: Pastor Lawrence McGovern. 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