Vatican Fires Priest Who Announced He Is Gay
Topic: Gay/Lesbian Issues
Source: Reuters
"I have to say who I am," Krzysztof Charamsa told a Polish newspaper Saturday. "I am a happy and proud gay priest." Reuters reports that admission, also made to an Italian newspaper, cost the 43-year-old monsignor his position at the Vatican's Congregation of the Doctrine of Faith, where he had worked since 2003. According to the AP, Charamsa was motivated to come out after getting hate mail for publicly criticizing an anti-gay Polish priest. "This is a very personal, difficult, and tough decision in the Catholic church's homophobic world," he says. Immediately following his announcement—he held a press conference at a Rome restaurant—Charamsa was fired by the Vatican. The Vatican claims it didn't fire Charamsa for being gay—which in itself isn't a sin—but for making his announcement immediately before international bishops were set to meet as part of a synod to discuss outreach to gay Catholics
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Sunday 04 October 2015 - 05:11:17