I do remember when he was a priest. I just don't know why he was a priest! I think someone was indulging Drake-Hogestyn-in-a-collar fantasies.

I do not know about Inept Commissioner. Or that Marlena and John were gone. DOOL is one of the soaps where if you don't watch for a couple of years you actually do have a re-learning curve to figure out who's who. Unlike Y&R...