AUSTRIA
The Associated Press
VIENNA (AP) — The Vienna archdiocese has apologized for the publication of a list of people who have formally left the Roman Catholic church.
A statement says those affected have been asked “for forgiveness,” noting making the names public “is not allowed by state or church rules.”
The statement was issued Thursday after a priest in a village north of Vienna listed local church-leavers in the diocese newspaper. The archdiocese says the priest has since “apologized in the form of a Mass and has written those affected a letter” of apology.
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