Costa Rican president says it’s time for Catholic Church to end priests’ celibacy vows
By APWednesday, April 7, 2010
Costa Rica president: End priests’ celibacy vows
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Costa Rica’s president says it’s time for the Roman Catholic Church to stop demanding celibacy from its priests.
President Oscar Arias says forbidding priests from sexual relations goes against nature and the church should “correct that error.”
Arias also said Wednesday he supports a proposal being discussed by lawmakers in his Central American nation to grant some civic rights to same-sex couples.
He says “sexual orientation is given by God or by nature” and urges his countrymen to respect homosexuals.
Arias won the Nobel Peace Prize for mediating in Central American conflicts. He leaves the presidency in May, when the first woman elected president in Costa Rica will replace him.
Tags: Central America, Costa Rica, Latin America And Caribbean, San Jose
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April 27, 2010: 9:53 pm
You have a child rapist living amongst you right now. He is Father Alfredo Prado of the Queen & Lady of all Creation church in Alajuela. I say this because he raped me in 1967. I filed a lawsuit but the statute of limitations had since passed. Seven other men have since come forward to tell of similar experiences with the man. Stories of this are in the Costa Rica Daily news archives. Contact me if you want more information. |
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