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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