Maybe Tammeus should have been a bit more explicit as it seems that so many have focused on the word "father" and missed the point entirely.  Or,'sorta' getting the point, they fixated on the word as a leverage to avoid, defend, cuddle within, or attack moving on from a tradition of patriarchal clericalism that persists in our Church. 
Neither God nor any priest is my father. The use is an anthropomorphic term to suite a traditional mystique of theological male domination. Like "Santa Clause" or "Father Christmas", it's hard to move on, sad but true. We attempt to prolong it, to preserve the analogical value: male nurturer.  However the "somewhat different" dimension of the analogy: "magic male", privilege, abuse, Mrs C subservient helper, led my daughter to step away from having her daughters "sit on Santa's knee". I get it.
We have something to learn from Protestants, from reality. Let's move on.