Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Fired Polish priest says no 'gay lobby' in Vatican - Yahoo News

Fired Polish priest says no 'gay lobby' in Vatican - Yahoo News:



"Fired Polish priest says no 'gay lobby' in Vatican

Since 2005, the Church has forbidden the ordination of priests with homosexual tendencies, but this rule is applied in different ways, with many bishops turning a blind eye as long as priests remain celibate (AFP Photo/Noel Celis)
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Rome (AFP) - A high-ranking Polish priest who was fired after coming out as gay before the Vatican's key synod on the family said on Sunday that there was no "gay lobby" in the Church.

Krzysztof Charamsa told a private Italian television channel that he has "never met a gay lobby in the Vatican", referring to rumours of a network of homosexual priests."



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