i am not much around priests these days, but when i was, i heartedly resisted referring to  them ''Father.''    every molecule of my body and mind  cried out : ''you are NOT my father!!!!!'''  it got so for me that i would not call the priest anything but his own name.  a bit rude, but i find the title to be disingenuous and an insult to my own father.    the sooner we come to reality and stop with the 'shepherd
 and the 'flocks'…. and the 'father' etc --the better and the more christian we will become.