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Anonymous12:42 PM
A not-so-former Baptist tries to slander one of the kindest priests in ROCOR. Go take your nonsense somewhere else.
Do you know Fr. Matthew Williams? He is a kind man and a good soul. When I read these emails, I see nothing but crazed hysteria and slander. This is a disgusting article
Fr Matthews is a saintly priest. St Nektarios was accused of raping nuns, several early desert father's were accused of impregnating prostitutes, but in the end (like this story); we see the same "one" is behind these baseless accusations
Fr Matthew will be expulcated either here or the hereafter. This is an attack from the same "one" who baselessly accused St Nektarios of raping nuns and a particular desert father of impregnating a prostitute. Fr Matthew is a saintly priest and anyone who has known him can attest
Anonymous8:20 PM
I met Fr Matthew in 2023 for a friends wedding at his parish. He let me stay in the room at the church for a weekend. He would come to visit me and chat, making sure I had what I needed. Never a weird feeling and I have good instincts from experience. A kind and saintly man. I think these allegations are baseless. I watched him with his Matuska and children, and his parishioners. Slander and persecution are to be expected for men who are going the work of God. We should keep him and his family (and the girl and her mother) in our prayers 🙏🏼
Comparing FMW to St. Nektarios is plain insane. The US Marshalls were called out to find him. FMW ran away. St. Nektarios never ran. As humiliating as it was for the saint to deal with the police and an investigation, he nevertheless did and was found to be innocent. All made up. FMW will now have to deal with the civil authorities. I suspect sadly the accusations against him are not baseless.
ReplyDeleteI am sorry that this man is the "Nicest" man they have ever met, that doesn't mean he didn't abuse his authority as a priest! yes he is so very nice, right up until he wasn't... then he hurt his children. Be grateful you never met the abuser that lives in his heart and mind.
ReplyDeleteI would say right up until he hurt Carole’s daughter
DeleteForgive me... You are correct
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