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(23,988 posts) Thu Dec 21, 2017, 08:26 PM Dec 2017

'God bless you, Father!' Parishioners support pastor who reveals he is gay

Fr. Greg Greiten was halfway through his homily, during which he shared that he is a gay, celibate priest, when a woman rose from her pew and shouted, "God bless you, Father!" The rest of the congregation at St. Bernadette Parish, where Greiten is pastor, responded with applause.

More applause and a standing ovation came when Greiten finished explaining that he was going to "no longer live in the shadow of secrecy" during the 10:30 a.m. Mass Sunday, Dec. 17.

After Mass, over coffee and doughnuts, parishioners responded positively or with nonchalance.

"I could care less," said Madge Powell, a parishioner for eight years. "I love him for the person he is."

https://www.ncronline.org/news/parish/god-bless-you-father-parishioners-support-pastor-who-reveals-he-gay

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'God bless you, Father!' Parishioners support pastor who reveals he is gay (Original Post) UrbScotty Dec 2017 OP

Not only does this show the love and humanity of the Parish, no_hypocrisy Dec 2017 #1

no_hypocrisy

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1. Not only does this show the love and humanity of the Parish,

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Fri Dec 22, 2017, 06:03 AM

Dec 2017

this also shows that the restrictions on marriage/sex in the Catholic Church are more antiquated traditions of preventing wealth and property of priests from being transferred to non-Church people upon the death of the priests.

This priest is honest and heroic, perhaps the best of the Church.

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