Ordination path blocked for former governor
Former New Jersey Gov. James McGreevey—who famously announced he was
"a gay American" when he resigned in 2004—will not be ordained into the
Episcopal Church priesthood in the near future.
Though McGreevey
has completed a master of divinity degree and has worked with prison
inmates and drug-addicted teens, he was denied in his first bid to
become an Episcopal priest, according to the New York Post. The
newspaper quoted anonymous sources who said church leaders had issues
with McGreevey's bitter divorce, not his homosexuality. McGreevey and
his second wife, Dina Matos, endured a contentious and public divorce
trial in 2008.
McGreevey, 53, declined to comment on the report.
However, he did discuss his ongoing ministry at the Hudson County
Correctional Facility, where he works with female inmates preparing for
release.
