Cet « éminent prêtre catholique » n’avait en fait pas de ministère et de fortes ambitions. Pas très malin de relayer une source aussi partisane. Il faut aussi noter que la formation des prêtres chez les orthodoxes peut être assez indigente.

In a statement on Facebook Friday, Abbot Damian Higgins of the Holy Transfiguration Monastery in California, identified Heagy as Troy Heagy, saying he visited the monastery as “Fr. Hilarion” last year.

“He had been tonsured a monk and was ordained a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside Russia (ROCOR). He served faithfully in a Russian Orthodox Monastery for many years until he sought to unite himself in an Eastern Catholic Community in Wisconsin,” Higgins noted.

“He came to stay with us with the expressed intent of founding a monastic community in Texas. He was NOT an official member of our brotherhood nor did he receive faculties from our Eparchial Bishop Benedict. He only recently revealed through social media that he had an interest in the Sufi tradition of Islam from 20 years ago,” Higgins explained. “He never had any indication of this interest and can only say that, while here, he was an example of a faithful Christian man in every respect. We pray that he may return to the fullness of Truth revealed in The Incarnate God, Jesus Christ.”

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In discussing Heagy’s relationship with his church community, Lofton alluded to the apostate priest having some grievances with leadership. He noted, however, that he would continue to pray for Heagy and that his journey to find truth will lead him back to Christianity.

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