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72-Year-Old Says He Plays Unique Role for Community
By Abbott Koloff
Daily Record [New Jersey]
December 10, 2006
http://www.dailyrecord.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061210/COMMUNITIES/612100375/1203
Anthony Padovano knew what he wanted to do with his life when he was a teenager sitting up in bed one night, unable to sleep.
He says he had a "quasi-mystical experience," a calling from God, and afterward told his parents he wanted to become a priest.
He used another word to convey urgency.
"I need to be a priest," he told his parents.
| Anthony and Theresa Padovano are among many priests and nuns who left church ministries to get married. Photo by Ashley Twiggs / Daily Record |
Technically, and he says spiritually, he remains a Catholic priest 32 years after he left his church ministry to marry a nun he met while teaching a graduate course on theology.
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