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Former Priests Testimonies

The stories of former Roman Catholic priests who left the priesthood and became true Christians.

This Is My Story – Former Priest

This Is My Story

By Converted Monk And Priest Henry Gregory Adams

 

former Catholic monk and priest Henry Gregory Adams left Catholic Church

 
What great relief and heavenly peace came into my soul when Christ found me, a lost sinner! I was born of Roman Catholic parents in Wolseley, Saskatchewan, Canada and brought up strictly in the Roman Catholic faith. From early youth I was trying to be good, yet falling progressively into sin. With the rest of the crowd I was heading to perdition.
 

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From Rome To Christ

From Rome To Christ – Former Priest’s Testimony

By Former Catholic Priest Mark Pena

 

former Roman Catholic priest Mark Pena testimony

 
My name is Mark Pena. I was born in a little town north of Burgos called Villamediana de Lomas, Spain.
 
Because I wanted to be a missionary, I decided to enter the novitiate to become a Roman Catholic priest.
 
I began the novitiate July 24, 1949. After a year and a day we had to swear and promise to God before the… Continue reading

The Priest Who Found Christ

The Priest Who Found Christ

By Joseph Zacchello – Former Catholic Priest

testimony former Roman Catholic priest Joseph Zacchello left Catholicism

I was born in Venice, Italy. After twelve years of study in a Roman Catholic Seminary, the Church ordained me as a priest. I was sent to the Italian Church of Blessed Mother Cabrini in Chicago. For four years I preached in Chicago, and later in New York. I never questioned if my sermons or instructions were according to the Bible. My only work and ambition was to… Continue reading

Testimony of Former Jesuit Priest Victor Affonso

Testimony of Former Jesuit Priest Victor J. Affonso

To Follow Jesus Without Compromise

by Victor J. Affonso

 

Why I Joined The Society Of Jesus

 

At the age of 23, I was a successful commercial artist on the verge of going abroad where a job was awaiting me. I was happy at the prospect of leaving India and thereby also escaping the terrible anguish caused of seeing the misery of the poor in the streets of Bombay.

 

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Bob Bush: Once A Jesuit, Now A Child Of God

Once A Jesuit, Now A Child Of God

by Bob Bush

 

Introduction

 

I began my Catholic journey in a little country town in northern California in the U.S.A. The town was so small that we did not have Mass every Sunday, but a priest used to come once a month if he possibly could to hold Mass in a big public hall. I have both an older and a younger brother. My father had been trained at the… Continue reading

Featured Gospel Message

Christ Died For The Ungodly

by Horatius Bonar

The divine testimony concerning man is, that he is a sinner. God bears witness against him, not for him; and testifies that "there is none righteous, no, not one"; that there is "none that doeth good"; none "that understandeth"; none that even seeks after God, and, still more, none that loves Him (Psa. 14:1-3; Rom. 3:10-12). God speaks of man kindly, but severely; as one yearning over a lost child, yet as one who will make no terms with sin, and will "by no means clear the guilty." <continued>