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Ex-NJ Gov McGreevey training to become Episcopal priest
Ex-NJ Gov McGreevey training to become Episcopal priestBy ANGELA MONTEFINISEThe New York Post http://tinyurl.com/yg3v49c November 15, 2009"Gay American" Jim McGreevey is spending his Sunday mornings with a new man -- Jesus.The former New Jersey love gov has gone from Turnpike rest stops to the church rostrum as part of his training to become an Episcopal priest, working each weekend at All Saints Church in Hoboken. McGreevey -- who resigned from office in disgrace in 2004 -- isn't far enough along in his seminary studies to actually give sermons, but he assists the Rev. Geoffrey Curtiss at ...

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The source for this article is "news" in that it is from Virtue Online-- an ultra right-wing publication that purports to be news.
McGreevy is not training to be a priest. He is getting an MDiv. He has not done discernment in his diocese and he is not in the ordination process. This story shows up every year or so as a part of Virtue's continuing assault on The Episcopal Church. While McGreevy might indeed make a new priest, it is untrue that he is training to be one. He is in a parish placement program that all seminarians participate in.
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