Belgian Bishop Hauled before Court for Church Teaching on Homosexuality Cleared of Charges
Belgian Bishop Hauled before Court for Church Teaching on Homosexuality Cleared of Charges by LifeSiteNews.com By Jenna Murphy NAMUR, June 5, 2008, (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Belgian bishop has been cleared of charges laid against him by a homosexual activist group. Monsignor André-Mutien Léonard, Bishop of Namur, was charged with homophobia under the pretext of the country’s 2003 Anti-Discrimination Act. The accusations against Bishop Léonard pertained to his comments in an interview that appeared earlier this year in TéléMoustique, a weekly magazine in Belgium. In the April 2008 interview, Bishop Léonard, when asked his stance on homosexuality, stated that his position […]
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