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  Breaking Vows the "Old-fashioned" Way

Living water in an empty desert
March 19, 2010

http://livingwaterinanemptydesert.blogspot.com/2010/03/breaking-vows-old-fashioned-way.html

It seems that a Father Shramko of St. Patrick's in Norcross, Georgia and a Ms. Meija were caught in a rather compromising condition in the kitchen when Mr. Meija and his children unexpectedly arrived home.

The Meija's are now divorced, and I doubt if Mr. Meija will have much problem obtaining an annulment if he chooses.

Here is a clipping from a report available here:

".....In 2006, Shramko began serving as the pastor at St. Patrick’s Church in Norcross in Gwinnett County.

Meanwhile, Abel Meija, his wife and children had joined St. Patrick’s in 2003. Soon after Shramko arrived at St. Patrick’s, Mrs Meija began spending more time at the church, and she obtained employment helping Father Shramko. She also stopped having sex with her husband.

According to a complaint filed by Abel Meija in Fulton County Superior Court on March 15, in May 2008, he and his three children arrived home to discover Father Shramko half naked and Mrs. Meija completely naked in the kitchen “locked in an intimate embrace.” Meija chased the priest out of the house, and Shramko fled in such haste that he left behind his shoes, his watch, his necklace and other personal belongings.

The Meijas divorced and Abel Meija was left to raise his three children alone. Now he is seeking financial compensation from Shramko, St. Patrick’s Church, and the local archdiocese to cover the therapy and counseling classes in which he was compelled to enroll his children after they witnessed the scene in the kitchen, as well as medical expenses caused by the pain and suffering of adultery and divorce. Shramko is accused of having exploited the trust of the family and breaching his duties as priest, while the church and archdiocese are accused of failing to properly supervise Father Shramko."

There is no indication that Father Shramko was wearing "protection" (I mean oven mitts of course) when caught in the kitchen with Ms. Meija

 
 

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