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At the Oct. 5 launch for the new Novalis book in Toronto, Murphy called news of child porn charges against the former bishop of Antigonish 鈥渁 body blow鈥� to priests who must live in an atmosphere of suspicion cast by yet another sex scandal.

鈥淭hat has put them in a shadow like you wouldn鈥檛 believe,鈥� he said.

Priests can鈥檛 get themselves out from under that shadow without the help of lay people, Murphy told The Catholic Register.

鈥淭here is a wealth of (lay) people out there and they have to have a word in what we do,鈥� he said. 鈥淭hey have to have a word in the appointment of people to the parishes and to the dioceses.鈥�

Though the book started out as a retreat he gave to the priests of Sault Ste. Marie diocese two years ago, Murphy hopes lay people read it.

鈥淚t pulls back the veil a little bit on what鱿鱼视频app going on in the church and in clerical culture,鈥� said Murphy.

Murphy doesn鈥檛 buy the often repeated explanation that people are staying away from the church simply because of sex scandals in the priesthood. People鱿鱼视频app inability to find a sense of identity and belonging in the church is mirrored in just about every other institution in modern society.

鈥淭hey don鈥檛 belong to anything,鈥� Murphy observed. 鈥淭hey don鈥檛 belong to political parties. They don鈥檛 belong to the Lion鱿鱼视频app Club or the Kiwanis. Life commitment is very tentative at best.鈥�

But many are suspended between their phobias over commitment and a profound spiritual hunger, Murphy said.

鈥淎ll the spirituality that鱿鱼视频app around, it鱿鱼视频app people who are looking for something,鈥� he said. 鈥淲hether or not we鈥檙e going to respond in adequate fashion with all the problems we鈥檝e had, that鱿鱼视频app part of the question.鈥�

Secular priests trying to make sense of their lives in an era of sex scandals and indifference are going to need a spirituality all their own, said Murphy. In the past diocesan priests have tried to get by on spiritualities borrowed from religious orders 鈥� particularly from the contemplative Benedictines.

鈥淲hen we were ordained, I remember I was hugely frustrated,鈥� said Murphy. 鈥淚 was in a real busy parish and things didn鈥檛 go that way.鈥�

A Resurrectionist priest who was Murphy鱿鱼视频app spiritual director back in 1960 told him he would have to find a spirituality that isn鈥檛 designed for life in a monastery.

The essence of Murphy鱿鱼视频app spirituality for secular priests is hope.

鈥淚t鱿鱼视频app clearly not hope as optimism,鈥� he said. 鈥淭here鱿鱼视频app no way that it鱿鱼视频app hope for (particular) outcomes. If you鈥檙e realistic you realize you鈥檙e going to more priests鈥� funerals than you are to ordinations.鈥�