PITTSBURGH (PA)
Tribune Democrat
June 30, 2019
By Paul Guggenheimer
David Egan is well aware of the stigma attached to priests in the wake of the Catholic Church child sex abuse scandal.
“I assume that other people assume things about me, that they’re very suspicious of me now,” Egan said. “If you walk out in public with a collar on, I think people are questioning ‘Is this one of the good guys? Or is this someone who has committed some terrible sin among his own flock?’ ”
Egan is one of four area men who were ordained to the priesthood Saturday by Bishop David A. Zubik of the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh during a Mass of Ordination at St. Paul’s Cathedral in Oakland.
In addition to Egan, 30, of Glenshaw, the new priests are Timothy Deely, 37, of Greenfield, Brendan Dawson, 30, of West Deer and Mingwei Li, 31, who immigrated with his family from China and grew up in the South Hills.
“Freedom of religion is limited in China. Coming to the U.S. was part of God’s plan,” Mingwei said.
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