LOCAL : Priests Barred From Saying Mass for Members of Gay Catholic Group
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles and five other dioceses in California announced today that their priests are prohibited from celebrating Mass for members of a national organization of Catholic homosexuals.
The action affects a Washington-based support group of Catholic homosexuals called Dignity.
Archbishop Roger M. Mahony and 12 bishops from throughout the state released a statement prohibiting priests in Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange, San Bernardino, Fresno and Monterey counties from conducting Masses for the group.
The bishops said they adopted the statement after a national convention of Dignity members endorsed a resolution “repudiating this clear and constant moral teaching of the church as it pertains to homosexual acts,” the statement said.
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