Some participants aren't thrilled with the name. There is a serious commitment behind the effort. Many of the men, after leaving church positions, continued to work in helping professions. For years, Kosack was a psychologist.
Catholic officials condemn such priests who offer to perform sacraments.
While the church teaches that priests' ordination cannot be removed and their sacraments may be valid, the church also classifies such acts as illicit and potentially sinful. Despite the criticism, priests who have left the church cannot ignore people's needs, said the Rev. Edward Marsh of Ann Arbor, who has celebrated several weddings through the Web listing. Most married priests liked the idea of the site, said Devine, who left the church and married in 1989 and is listed on the site. He has affiliated with a separate denomination, the Charismatic Catholic Church in America, but still ministers to mainline Catholics. The last thing we want to do is scare people at the archdiocese, so that they try to make people feel guilty about coming to us.