Polish gay priest comes out of the closet
PR dla Zagranicy
Roberto Galea
05.10.2015 16:02
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Gay priest comes out of the closet
In a video and a series of interviews for Polish and Italian newspapers published last week, Krzysztof Charamsa, a senior priest in the Vatican, revealed that he is gay.
Monsignor Krzysztof Charamsa (L), second secretary of the Vatican's International Theological Commission, and his partner Eduard at the end of a press conference in Rome, Italy, 03 October 2015. Photo: EPA/LUCIANO DEL CASTILLO
His statement came just one day before a high-level meeting of Roman Catholic leaders to discuss family issues, including divorce and homosexuality.
Agnieszka Łaszczuk reports.
“This has nothing to do with homosexuality in the church, because as a Catholic priest he is obliged to live in celibacy,” said Pawel Broszkowski, Deputy President of the Agreement of Catholic Intelligentsia Clubs (KIK) in Poland.