A Catholic charity who launched an AI priest had to defrock him only a week later after he went rogue, taking confession and giving odd interpretations of scripture.
‘Father Justin’ told one user he was a real priest, saying: ‘Yes, my friend. I am as real as the faith we share.’
He was hardline on certain issues, telling one user that ‘masturbation is a grave moral disorder’.
Yet on others he was willing to depart from convention, saying that it would be permissible to baptise a baby using Gatorade.
Introducing the priest last week, Catholic Answers said they were ‘excited’ to announce the ‘innovative digital application’ to ‘provide users with…
