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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-11 03:10 PM
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Catholic Church ordains married father of two, given exemption to priestly celibacy
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Catholic Church ordains married father of two
Move comes in Germany as Vatican struggles to overcome wave of clerical sex abuse scandals, priest shortages

A married father of two was ordained as a priest by the Catholic Church in Germany on Tuesday after receiving an exemption to priestly celibacy from Pope Benedict XVI.

Harm Klueting, a theologian and former Protestant pastor, will not have to adhere to the Church's celibacy law for the duration of his marriage, the diocese of Cologne said.

The case sheds light on a little-known 60-year-old Roman Catholic church law that allows ordained clergy from other Christian faiths to become priests.

"This happens seldom but it's not unusual," diocese spokesman Christoph Heckeley said, adding that it is more usual in Scandinavia.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41717752/ns/world_news-euro... /

how about an exemption for women also?
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  -Catholic Church ordains married father of two, given exemption to priestly celibacy Liberal_in_LA  Feb-22-11 03:10 PM   #0 
  - Dear Catholic Church  gratuitous   Feb-22-11 03:14 PM   #1 
  - And stop accepting their donations.  virgogal   Feb-22-11 03:16 PM   #4 
     - Don't you think that if a woman gives money to the church...  FBaggins   Feb-22-11 03:31 PM   #6 
        - Yes I do but I have been saying for years that the church would go  virgogal   Feb-22-11 03:42 PM   #8 
  - This has happened before.  virgogal   Feb-22-11 03:15 PM   #2 
  - Thirty years ago....  Davis_X_Machina   Feb-22-11 03:29 PM   #5 
  - Believe it or not...  lapislzi   Feb-22-11 03:15 PM   #3 
  - Plenty more of these to come -  FBaggins   Feb-22-11 03:32 PM   #7 
  - Nothing new, its done all the time.  demosincebirth   Feb-22-11 03:52 PM   #9 
 

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