UNITED STATES
The Dallas Morning News
11:05 AM CST on Saturday, March 12, 2005
As a priest today, the Rev. Joseph F. Wilson says he is constantly on guard - and furious with the Church that has made him live this way.
The fellow turned the corner, asking, "Sammy, you done?" Then, seeing me standing there at the sink – rather, seeing my clerical collar – he stiffened. I had barely noticed the 8-year-old boy who was standing four sinks down from me in the Delta Shuttle men's room at LaGuardia Airport.
Pointedly, emphatically, the man said, "Sammy, is everything OK ?" Just a small incident. The boy probably did not even realize its significance, having paid less attention to me than I to him. But, of course, I understood. And Sammy's father understood. In his eyes, I am of a class of people not to be trusted, especially by the fathers of little boys.
I am a Catholic priest.
Posted by kshaw at March 13, 2005 04:31 PM