József Czombos, 75, requested his retirement in the summer because of his old age, but since there is a shortage of priests in the area, he still has a little left.

In Varsány, the old priest asked to say goodbye, he forgot the funeral, so the mourning people were waiting for him in vain – writes Nool.hu.

The newspaper said he would have accompanied a deceased on his last trip to the local cemetery on the afternoon of December 9, but he did not show up, so the funeral director called another priest.

At first, the family thought it was only late, but after being called by one of the mourners, he confessed to having forgotten, but he would soon arrive. A quarter of an hour later they caught up with them again, at which point he had already said he couldn’t go because he wasn’t around.

Fortunately, the new priest arrived at a quarter to four. As far as I know, he came from Szécsény and left a kind of faith there for the funeral. Meanwhile, it started to get dark quite slowly, and at the end of the ceremony, the singer was watching with his phone, singing.

– said the grieving member of the family, Ferenc Petrovics, who claimed that they had also met with the priest the day before at the farewell.

“As far as we know, there have been several times when the father was late. But we weren’t expecting him to come, “he added, then said the very old father might have to realize that he could no longer do his job.

József Czombos, who forgot about the funeral, emphasized that he did not do it intentionally. “I am 75 years old, I have been in priestly service for fifty-two years, and it has never happened to me before,” he said.

Czombos himself admitted that he had already requested his retirement in the summer due to his old age, but he stayed for a while due to lack of a cure in the area.

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