From my Catholic childhood I remember one particularly favoured form of priestly burial - the Mission. Errant or straying clerics were dispatched to some pagan stronghold (Africa, South America, the Far East) to save the locals from Satan. Not, of course, that we were given this as the reason for their departure. No, they were packing their bags as fast as they possibly could as a response to an unstoppable calling from the man upstairs. Yeah, right. As usual it was a win-win for the Church of Rome - priests with pre-pupescent proclivities were taken out of the homeland frontline and their presence across the globe made an invaluable contribution to the continuing quest for World Domination. It also meant double bubble for the straying men in black. Not only could they pack up their troubles in a glowing kit bag, they were also being given access to young and available recruits in distant and unmonitored lands.
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