 | [ENG] - sur un évêque amoureux... |
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| Auteur : le gars |
| Sujet : [ENG] - sur un évêque amoureux... |
| Date : 2002-12-16 23:20:24 |
While the United States is once again focused on Boston and its woes, the Catholic Church in Canada has a different kind of story involving clergy and sex. Raymond Dumais, the bishop emeritus of the diocese of Gaspe in Quebec made a stunning announcement this week on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s French-language service. “I’m in love ... with a woman,” Dumais said. “I don’t feel I’m living in sin. I feel I’m living something special.” The 52-year-old bishop, according to media reports, lives with his partner in Bic, Quebec, about 540 kilometers northeast of Montreal. Named a bishop at 43, Dumais retired from active duty in July 2001. He had been in trouble off and on with church authorities. He was called to the Vatican in 1994 after he joined 60 Quebec theologians in signing a letter critical of the church’s “absolute” approach to theological dissent. The letter also questioned the hardening of the church’s stand opposing artificial birth control. Dumais was asked to sign a letter expressing his fidelity to the teaching authority of Rome. “I think that in life, there are some transformations of a human being that are obvious,” said Dumais, who has not publicly identified the woman with whom he has the relationship. A colleague with a Quebec newspaper says that public opinion is solidly in favor of Dumais, in the sense that people feel he did the honorable thing in coming clean. In other circumstances, the resignation of a Roman Catholic bishop to be with the woman he loves would be major world news. (Remember the Milingo story?) But given the present climate, Dumais’ story is likely to have little echo, even if it is a small, nagging reminder that the celibacy debate in the Catholic Church is not going away. ]-sources- |
