"Bondage" Priest Gets New Assignment

SNAP
July 1, 2014

http://www.snapnetwork.org/il_bondage_priest_gets_new_assignment

A Springfield Catholic priest who made headlines when police helped him escape a bondage outfit he'd put on now has a new assignment.

Bishop Thomas Paprocki has moved Fr. Thomas Donovan to St. Peter in Quincy, IL.

[cospq.org]

[huffingtonpost.com]

After the 2013 incident, Fr. Donovan was granted a leave of absence. Since his ordination in 2005 Fr. Donovan has worked at parishes in Carlinville, Springfield and Alton.

When Paprocki put him back on the job, Paprocki claimed that a therapist approved the move because Donovan had engaged in "non-sexual bondage” which was a response to stress.

[blogs.riverfronttimes.com]