Porn or confession? Priest tells all

[struggle4progress]

A 77-year-old Roman Catholic priest in Argentina has published his memoirs recounting affairs with women and a frustrated gay liaison, angering Church officials.
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The book’s first edition of 3,000 copies had almost sold out in Cordoba, where it was printed by a local publisher. Radio stations in Cordoba, which has over 1 million inhabitants, were jammed with calls by listeners as controversy over the book surged.

Roman Catholic officials criticised the book for advocating an end to celibacy. “In my personal opinion... it should not have been published,” said Gustavo Loza, an official in the press office of Cordoba’s Archbishop Carlos Nanez of Cordoba.

Mariani reflects a radical wing of the Roman Catholic Church in Latin America which often clashes with the Vatican and which promotes more solidarity with the poor and opposes rules like celibacy and birth control.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_12-6-2004_pg9_4

[truthisfreedom]

1. good. the catholic church needs more exposure like this. they need to

stop meddling in politics.

[struggle4progress]

2. The Church should certainly listen when priests oppose celibacy.