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	Priest Removed from His Parish after Archbishop Discovers He Is a Father Typically Spanish September 15, 2007 http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/publish/article_12482.shtml Spain — The Archibishop of Oviedo has removed a priest from a parish in Asturias after discovering that he had been in a stable relationship with a woman and was father to a child. The Asturias newspaper, 'La Nueva España' carries the story and says that the Vicar-general of the diocese, Juan Antonio Menéndez, said the fact the priest was a father was not the determining factor in his removal; it was really for the failure to obey the rule of celibacy. He continued that the decision had been taken in agreement with the priest, who he described as as a 'good, honourable and coherent' person. Although the priest had been removed from his parish he has not been secularised, but rather given a time to reflect. He said the case was neither extraordinary or unique.
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