Study shows crippling plight of clergy.
The research found many clergy have few friends, cannot talk honestly to their congregations and feel isolated by societies expectations. The findings are in a study of 60 ministers priests and pastors from the Anglican, Baptist, Catholic, Uniting and Pentecostals churches. These are very disturbing trends that reveal a lot of clergy are suffering greatly, said researcher Dr Paul Whetham of the University of south Australia. To Be Holy said several clerics interviewed for the study had already left their jobs due to burnout. One in every two clerics in Australia leaves the job.