Linz priest who opposed bishop's appointment admits living with girlfriend
http://www.catholicculture.org/news/headlines/index.cfm?storyid=2238
March 09, 2009
An Austrian priest who helped rally opposition to
the Pope's appointment of an auxiliary bishop for
the Linz diocese has admitted that he keeps a
mistress, the German-language Kath.net news
service has revealed. Father Josef Friedl, one of
the 31 deans who said they would refuse to accept
the episcopal ordination of Father Gerhard Maria
Wagner, told a public forum that he opposes the
discipline of priestly celibacy and lives with
his girlfriend; he said that his parishioners
have no objections. According to the daily Der
Welt, Friedl is one of several deans of the Linz
diocese who lives openly with a woman. Meanwhile
another Austrian prelate, Bishop Egon Kapellari
of Graz, said that Father Wagner-- who has
withdrawn from the episcopal appointment-- had
"traumatized" the Austrian public with his public
statements of opposition to homosexuality and
insistence that God punishes sin.
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Wagners Antworten für die Öffentlichkeit traumatisierend (Kath.net)
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