Former Gay Governor McGreevey to Enter Priesthood
McGreevey plans to enter a seminary later this year.
The former U.S. Governor of New Jersey, Jim McGreevey, who resigned in 2004 after admitting he was gay and had an affair with another man while still married to his wife, plans to become a priest.
He will enter General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church in New York City in September where he will be starting a three-year master of divinity program.
"He's been thinking about this heavily for the past two years. It's not something that he takes lightly. Despite what some people think, he's a very spiritual person," said a friend of McGreevey's to the New York Post.
McGreevey has been attending an Episcopal church in Manhattan for the past two years with his Aussie boyfriend, Mark O'Donnell. He is currently in divorce proceedings with his wife, Dina Matos McGreevey. The former Governor argues that she knew he was gay all along, while she said she never would have married him if she knew of his sexuality.
