Flock back gay priest.Byline: CLARE CHAPMAN A CATHOLIC priest who admitted having an affair with a man has been backed by his parishioners. The 37-year-old cleric from Nidwalden in Switzerland told his congregation CONGREGATION. A society of a number of persons who compose an ecclesiastical body. In the ecclesiastical law this term is used to designate certain bureaux at Rome, where ecclesiastical matters are attended to. about the affair during his sermon at mass last Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week. . A parish spokesman said the priest had disclosed his relationship because he wanted to be able to preach with an "open and honest heart before his congregation". Around 350 people gave him a standing ovation after his confession confession, in law, the formal admission of criminal guilt, usually obtained in the course of examination by the police or prosecutor or at trial. For a confession to be admissible as evidence against an accused individual, it generally must have been procured . A parishioner said: "The Church needs people like him. The way he leads his life shouldn't stop him from serving God." But the priest faces being defrocked. Bishop Amedee Grab said the priest had to devote himself to the Church and added that he shouldn't engage in activities that are forbidden by the Church. |
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