Bob Marx:  

I haven't had a very normal life. Since I made the mistake of telling the nuns in elementary school that I wanted to be a priest, I "didn't have a prayer." Right out of high school I joined the Oblates of St. Joseph but left after only one month because I was so lonely. I left St. Joseph's exactly 1 day after I turned 18. I worked the odd retail jobs until I took out a loan and enrolled at CND Belmont in 1976 where I was the happiest I have ever been. These were also the best friends I ever had and I didn't treat them very well! It was always all about me. I was a pretty selfish jerk. At any rate, I was briefly engaged, but then broke my best friend's heart by deciding to "come out" just weeks after our engagement. She's never forgiven me and I don't blame her. I hope she's happy. I left CND after two years (ran out of cash) and went back to retail until I entered the seminary in 1980 for the second time. After years of hit and miss and a whole lot of denial, I was finally ordained in 1988 as a priest. I left, again because I was lonely, on October 17th, 1989...the day...Expand for more