Gay Vatican priest suspended after 'anonymous' TV confession


	Gay Vatican priest suspended after 'anonymous' TV confession

tabsey

10-14-2007 6:33 AM

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tabsey says:

Letting priests marry wouldn't have helped this problem.

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10-14-2007 6:43 AM

Erik Schiegg

But would hinder worse among young priests.

10-14-2007 7:14 AM

dirty2feet

http://groups.msn.com/prairieshadowsechos/[url=http://groups.msn.com/prairieshadowsechos/vatican.msnw][b]vatican[/url][/b].msnw

10-14-2007 7:17 AM

dirty2feet

http://groups.msn.com/prairieshadowsechos/vatican.msnw

10-14-2007 8:56 AM

tabsey

thanks, dirty2feet

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