Curé who exposed sinners is exiled

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The Independent
By John Lichfield in Paris
10 December 2004


A Roman Catholic priest who revealed the sexual misdeeds of members of his congregation from the pulpit has been sent on an indefinite religious retreat by by his bishop.

The curé, or parish priest, of Collioure, a picturesque coastal town close to the French border with Spain, announced during his Sunday sermon that he had "excommunicated" several regular churchgoers.

He went on to state that a man sitting in church that day with his wife was an adulterer and was no longer welcome at mass. Although the priest did not name the alleged sinner, everyone in the congregation knew his identity and the man later made a formal complaint to the police and the bishop.

One parishioner said: "The priest took out a paper he had prepared and said he was excommunicating such and such a person because he was the lover of such and such a person. He said there was no point in this man coming to church on Sunday on his wife's arm to swallow communion wafers by packets of 10 while he was leading a double life during the week."

http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/story.jsp?story=591636

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1. In France?

The Cure is obviously insane.

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2. Jesus

Didn't Jesus say something about casting the first stone?

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3. BOOOOOOSHMAN has losened the rightwingnuts,wherever they are!

even Curés in the Catholic Church!