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NEWS ABOUT: gay priests

gay priests stories: 12 news summaries

Lutheran
Branch Allows 'Monogamous' Gays as Clergy

Branch is US' largest, with 4.8M members

Aug 21, 09 7:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - The largest US Lutheran denomination will allow gays in “life-long, monogamous” relationships to serve in clergy and other leadership positions, the Washington Post reports. Delegates at the convention of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America approved the measure 559-451; the denomination, which has 4.8 million US members, previously... More »

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gay priests • clergy • homosexual clergy • Lutheran Church • Evangelical Lutheran Church in America • monogamy

(AP) - Theological conservatives upset by liberal views of US Episcopalians and Canadian Anglicans formed a rival North American province today. The development is the culmination of a five-year rift that erupted when Episcopalians in New Hampshire consecrated the first openly gay bishop. The split represents a new challenge to the already... More »

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Episcopal Church • gay priests • Gene Robinson • Church of England

 Vatican Will Root Out
Gay Priests With Sex Tests

New guidelines keep gays from priesthood

Oct 31, 08 1:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Catholic Church plans to screen gay men out of the priesthood with psychological tests aimed to detect "deep-seated homosexual tendencies" in seminary candidates, the Scotsman reports. Under the new guidelines, issued yesterday by the Vatican, potential priests will also be screened for "grave immaturity" and “imbalances”... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • gay priests • Vatican • sexual abuse • gays • Roman Catholic Church • priesthood

Wanna Feel Old? Check This List

Facts of life for fall's college freshmen include Leno as only face of Tonight Show

Aug 19, 08 3:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - A glance at this year's Mindset List, from Wisconsin's Beloit College, provides a glance into the facts of life for the 18-year-olds beginning their freshman year in college. Via the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
  • Harry Potter, created in 1990, is old enough to be a fellow freshman.
  • GPS navigation systems
... More »

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gay priests • Jay Leno • Beloit College • Wayne Newton • Tonight Show • Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia

Benedict's US Trip Improved His Image

Majority of Americans feel better about both pope and the church

Apr 30, 08 8:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Both the pontiff and the Catholic Church got an image boost following the pope's recent US visit, reports Reuters. A post-trip poll found that 61% of Americans, both Catholics and non-Catholics, believe the pope's 6-day stint met or exceeded their expectations; 65% now have a more positive view of Pope... More »

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Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • sex scandal • gay priests • Marist College Institute for Public Opinion • Pope Benedict's US visit

Conservative Anglicans Plan Splinter Summit

US bishop blasts gay clergy cover-ups

Jan 1, 08 7:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Widening the Anglican gay divide, conservative leaders unveiled plans today for a summit to challenge the traditional Lambeth conference this summer, the Guardian reports. Planners of the Global Anglican Future Conference wrote on their website that Anglicans are "divided into liberal and conservative factions" and will likely splinter over... More »

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New Hampshire • gay priests • Anglican Church • Jerusalem • church • Archbishop of Canterbury • Church of England

California Episcopals Split Over
Gay Rights

Legal battles likely to ensue after
diocese breaks with church

Dec 8, 07 6:13 PM CST
(Newser) - A California diocese split with the Episcopal Church today over its defense of gay and women's rights, Reuters reports. The Diocese of San Joaquin, home to 47 churches and 8,800 congregants around Fresno, voted for the break by a vote of 173-22 among delegates. “This is the first... More »

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gay rights • California • Episcopal Church • gay priests • Episcopalian

Chicago Episcopalians
Pass on
Lesbian Bishop

But new bish calls for 'full inclusion' of gays

Nov 11, 07 3:43 PM CST
(Newser) - Chicago’s Episcopal Diocese today passed up lesbian Tracey Lind for its bishop post, instead electing popular Midwest-native Jeffrey Lee. But Lee is a firm supporter of gay inclusion, much to conservatives’ chagrin. “I believe God is calling us to full inclusion of gays and lesbians in ministry of... More »

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gay rights • Chicago • Episcopal Church • gay priests • Anglican Church

Gay Vatican Priest Outed on TV; Ousted by Holy See

I'm not 'sinning," monsignor says on hidden camera

Oct 14, 07 6:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Vatican yesterday suspended a senior official caught on hidden camera making advances to a man and saying that he didn't believe he was sinning by being involved with gays. Italian television showed the priest with his face distorted, but Vatican officials recognized the office where he was filmed. The... More »

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gay priests • Vatican

Episcopalians Affirm Gay Rights Stand

But pledge 'restraint'
in naming gay bishops  to avoid schism

Sep 26, 07 10:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Episcopal leaders wrapping up their meeting in New Orleans yesterday pledged to “exercise restraint” in selecting gay bishops and blessing same-sex marriages, but declined to disavow either practice. The move was designed to appease Anglicans, who sought a ban. “This is a ‘try to keep your foot... More »

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gay rights • Episcopal Church • gay priests • Anglican Church • Anglican • Episcopalian

Former Gay Converters Apologize

Erstwhile opponents affirm homosexuality

Jun 28, 07 11:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Three ex-leaders of the country's largest Christian gay-conversion ministry apologized for their behavior yesterday, saying the group had caused psychological distress to those it claimed to help. An Exodus International co-founder, now out as a gay man, lamented that the organization had made people feel "compelled to try to... More »

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gay rights • Christianity • gay priests • religion • homosexuality • Exodus International • apology

McGreevey Makes a Leap
Of Faith

Gay former N.J. governor to become
an Episcopal priest

May 3, 07 7:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - James McGreevey, who resigned as New Jersey governor to avoid being outed by a former gay lover, plans to become an Episcopalian priest. McGreevey, who had been a Catholic, was received into the faith at St. Bartholomew's Church in Manhattan Sunday, and has been accepted into the Master of Divinity... More »

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New Jersey • James McGreevy • Episcopal Church • gay priests • religion • custody

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