Word: pelton
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...most countercultural profession in America. "We live the last of the medieval lifestyles," author and priest Donald Cozzens said. Isolation is a constant threat. Fewer nuns and fellow priests means less peer support in an increasingly secular and sexualized society. "When I got ordained," says the Rev. Tom Pelton, 61, who became a priest in 1966 and is a mentor for Shanahan, "it was much easier to hide in the priesthood. You live in a fishbowl...
...teenager. He spent 10 years "testing" himself, he says. He dated, got an engineering degree at the University of Illinois and went to work. But "the call" persisted. Since his ordination in 1992--during Chicago's pedophile-priest scandal--he has had to do things differently from the way Pelton did as a new priest. Shanahan has never met with a child behind closed doors, lest he open himself to false accusations. If he has to drive a group of kids home, the last one out will be the one closest to the church or the one whose family...
Aida Alvarez '71, Frank W. Hobbs IV '69, M. Lee Pelton, Patti B. Saris '73, Steven A. Schroeder '60 and Barbara S. Robinson were chosen by alumni to fill positions on the University's oldest governing body...
...Pelton, the president of Willamette University, has made diversity one of his top priorities. He has also expressed deep interest in the rapid advance of technology and new ethical dilemmas created by science...
...After visiting with students, faculty and administrators, we were able to present to the provost some observations and even recommendations," Pelton says...