New priest might want to rethink the time spent in the confessional box at least--other ways of celebrating the sacrament. I'm not sure why he wouldn't want to spend time with the women of the parish over something so harmless as breakfast (don't tell me he wasn't aware of what priests do in advance), but it is one way to be around people rather than sitting in an empty confessional. He should start there, and be there cheerfully, or what's a priesthood for? 


If being invited to a ladies' breakfast is the cause of pedophilia, well, we've really been hornswoggled...especially the ladies who put up with some pretty, uhm, interesting priests.