To "Curious-from south"-NOT a Catholic priest!!!

What on earth made you assume that Arthur Dimmesdale was a CATHOLIC priest?!? This is New England of 1649. We are talking PURITANS. They were PROTESTANTS. They were very much NOT Catholic. The issue of "Adultery" is that Hester Prynne was a married woman. Arthur Dimmesdale could have married, and would have been expected to marry. Problem was that he was in love with Hester Prynne. A married woman. Even though her husband was assumed "lost at sea", therefore DEAD, Hester could not have been considered widowed for several years. The usual was 7 years (for some reason). And if you say that it was not made clear in the production, then you did not listen to the narrative of Hawthorne's words, acted by Josef Sommer. Plus, you said that it was a "beautiful novel", which would imply that you had read the book. Did you not catch this fact from the book either?!? It is abundantly clear in the book. Pay attention next time before you blast off a review like that. It just makes YOU look bad. Not the production.