From Priest to "Padre"

Talk about embarrassing yourself! President Lugo of Paraguay keeps doing just that. A former priest and bishop, sometime ago, he had to admit that he had fathered a child -- out of wedlock, of course -- while he was a priest. Then, another woman claimed that he had done the same as bishop. Instead of owning up to it, he dodged the issue. Now, he has finally accepted that the child is his. Obviously, Lugo found it very hard to keep his vow of chastity. Let's hope there are no more children of his coming out of the woodwork. The man has embarrassed himself, the Church and his country.

Although I believe that celibacy is untenable for normal men and women, thus leading them to situations such as these, I think that, once they become convinced that they are unable to keep that commitment, he and others like him should resign from the priesthood and save themselves all this grief.