March 17, 2004
Booth, Fr. Leo
An author and trainer in spirituality and recovery.
His self-description at FatherLeo.com includes:
…Father Leo Booth is a priest cut from a very different cloth. He says you don’t have to be religious to be spiritual. He’s as likely to quote from the Beatles, The Velveteen Rabbit, or Oscar Wilde, as he is from the Bible. His passion is to help people discover that God and spirituality are not “out there” somewhere, but are found within ourselves and our world…
Father Leo was born in England and raised in a home divided by religious arguments. Driven and ambitious, he became one of the youngest rectors in England. He also became an alcoholic and a religious addict. After a drunken car crash in 1977 led to his treatment for alcoholism, he subsequently devoted his work to helping addicts and others who suffer from low self-esteem. From his work as both priest and an addictions counselor, he has developed a new spiritual model based on Choice, Action, Responsibility, and Empowerment.
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