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A lesson in forgiveness.


When the Reverend Normand Richard acknowledged using a gay clergy Web site for erotic purposes, parishioners at Holy Family Catholic Church Holy Family Catholic Church is a name shared by several churches of the Roman Catholic Church.
  • Holy Family Catholic Church in Honolulu
  • Holy Family Catholic Church (New Melleray)
  • Holy Family Catholic Church (Omaha, Nebraska)
 in Old Town, Maine Old Town is a city in Penobscot County, Maine, United States. The population was 8,130 at the 2000 census. The city's developed area is chiefly located on a relatively large island, though its boundaries do extend past that. , didn't condemn him--they gave him a standing ovation. "I apologize and ask forgiveness," Richard said at a September 13 service. He later added that he had "remained faithful ... though my sir, has been publicly exposed."

In response to allegations by the Catholic reform group Voice of the Faithful Voice of the Faithful (VOTF) is an organization of lay Catholics, formed in early 2002 in response to the Roman Catholic sex abuse cases. Founding and mission
VOTF began when a small group of parishioners met in the basement of St.
, the diocese of Portland confirmed in September that Richard and two other Maine priests had exchanged sexually explicit E-mails on the St. Sebastian's Angels Web site, which featured names, photos, and E-mail addresses of out, gay priests, pornographic images, and a chat room before it was shut down in 2000.

Richard was sent away for treatment in 1991 after asexual asexual /asex·u·al/ (a-sek´shoo-al) having no sex; not sexual; not pertaining to sex.

a·sex·u·al
adj.
1. Having no evident sex or sex organs; sexless.

2.
 affair with a deacon studying for the priesthood under his supervision.
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Title Annotation:gay reverend forgiven for using gay clergy web site for erotic purposes; Catholicism
Publication:The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
Article Type:Brief Article
Geographic Code:1U1ME
Date:Oct 28, 2003
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