The head priest of this church and school has no business being a Catholic priest nor the head of a Christian school like St. Helen's. Not an example of Jesus Christ at all. Jesus gave us an example in Him. If I as a teacher treated my students like he treats some of his parishioners, I would be fired and lose my job. We attended the church here for 2+ years, we would see the priest at church and in our gym, he would never look at us, could never be bothered with us. He ignored us, avoided us, dismissed us, he was never welcoming or loving at all like most Catholic priests would be to his parishioners. He judged us without even knowing us, assuming, jumping to judgement, thinks he knows our problems, and just being completely indifferent. I would say "hello father" at the gym and he would completely ignore me. The school and church could never get our names and titles correct on any donations we made to them. We decided to go to another church about five months ago at Easter time, we decided to just go to the new church as that priest was so kind, loving, and welcoming. Father John at our new church would shake your hand, look you in the eyes, and invite you to events, his house, and happy hours. He was very kind and loving, like a Catholic priest should be. We are now at peace at out new church. Last week this old priest from St. Helen's approached us at the gym to ask if we were still at his church, we hadn't been there in five months, we said no, we switched to a different church. He seemed like he did not like our honesty and why. Acting like we are rude for being honest then mocking me. He talks about judging, but he judged us from the start and completely ignored us, never welcoming or kind. Priests should practice what they preach and be loving and welcoming to ALL people. There is a lot of hypocrisy here with this priest. Like Jesus rebuked the pharisees and scribes and told them they were hypocrites as they did not want to follow the Jews laws themselves and they were afraid of Jesus. Priests are supposed to help their parishioners to get into Heaven not chase them away from the church or their faith. This priest did just that. Then my spouse didn't want to go to church this past week after the priest confronted us. This is what this priest is doing to parishioners, chasing them away from the church and their faith. This is not correct. Bishop Fulton Sheen says we need to call out bad priests, I agree. This is unacceptable for a priest to treat people in his church this way. We have been going to church now for 60+ years, born and raised Catholic, and have never seen such a rude and indifferent Catholic priest in our lives. Imagine what he can do to children who are younger and more fragile in their development. I hope the priest will pray for all parishioners, all whether marginalized, ignored, etc. and show more love and be more welcoming. We pray for the priests that they can aspire to be more like Jesus and kind and loving to all parishioners. The church needs to be careful not to chase the faithful away from the church and their faith. We hope this helps this priest to become the best he can be and stop with the mediocrity and judgment, hopefully the truth will help him to be a better priest to all his parishioners. Love not hate, welcome, not ignore. Be like Jesus. read more