Career
He later went on to found two separate Catholic groups in the United States. Girandola began to organize his own independent church in Saint St. Petersburg, Florida. He became a celebrity after his announcement and was in demand as both a speaker and as a guest on radio and television talk shows.
At about this time he wrote a well-known book, The Most Defiant Priest.
Finding that the demands on his time as a result of his notoriety severely limited the time he had available for pastoral work, he ordained John Jay Humphreys to the priesthood to help alleviate his duties.
