I reckoned it was perhaps time to learn a little about Dr. Peck....
The Guardian which is one of the UK's more reliable news papers held his orbituary.
Here's a quote from Paeck himself:
"Half the time when people want to touch my robe, it feels incredibly icky - yuck! The rest of the time, it feels very good, honest, right."
and a little of their bio of him...
The opening words were: "Life is difficult." This was a pronouncement to which Peck could personally attest. He spent much of his life immersed in cheap gin, chain-smoking cigarettes and inhaling cannabis, and being persistently unfaithful to his wife, who eventually divorced him. He also went through estrangement with two of his three children.
Reference and full article:
http://books.guardian.co.uk/obituari...585171,00.html
Perhaps now I'll read it with a little more interest - how did he get so well followed? What is it he's offering that people so want? - because it sure as hell isn't his capacity to live life honourably or his relationship wisdom.