UNITED KINGDOM
The Freethinker
BY BARRY DUKE – MAY 5, 2013
CARDINAL Keith O’Brien’s sexual misconduct may have angered an embarrassed the Catholic Church but no moves have been made, as we reported yesterday, to remove the vile hypocrite from the priesthood – so he gets to keep his red hat.
But with unseemly haste, the Roman Catholic Church this week rid itself of a Brazilian priest for, among other things, supporting gay rights.
According to this report, the rogue Brazilian, Father Roberto Francisco Daniel – known to local parishioners as Padre Beto – was excommunicated before he had the chance to announce his planned resignation from an organisation he described as:
A lukewarm and disengaged church that is out of touch with today’s society.
In a statement released on Monday, the priest’s diocese said Daniel had:
In the name of ‘freedom of expression’ betrayed the promise of fealty to the Church.
It alleged that Daniel had:
Injured the Church with grave statements counter to the dogma of Catholic faith and morality.
His actions amounted to ‘heresy and schism’, the statement said.
The rare punishment follows what Daniel’s bishop and the priest himself said were repeated rebukes he received over the videos he had made and other public activities, such as a radio broadcast and local newspaper column, in which he challenged Church doctrine.
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