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Thursday, December 15, 2005




PRIEST QUITS OVER VATICAN DOCUMENT

A priest at St. John's University is resigning from his leadership position in response to newly clarified restrictions against admitting homosexuals into the Catholic priesthood.

The Rev. Bob Pierson, in an e-mail Wednesday to administrators and students at St. John's and the nearby College of St. Benedict, said, "Because I can no longer honestly represent, explain and defend the church's teaching on homosexuality, I feel I must resign."

Pierson said he would resign effective Jan. 15.


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