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Leader of Catholic lay group speaks against archdiocese
In a speech in St. Paul, he accuses the archdiocese of turning a blind eye to what his group calls violations of canon. Church leaders say the group is “dead wrong.”
David Pence believes that the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis is broken and that he and his followers have been called to fix it. On Tuesday night, the leader of a group of orthodox laymen called the Defenders of Church Society told about 150 people at a meeting in St. Paul that the archdiocese is violating canon law by tolerating sexual activity by gay and straight priests and covering up a gay subculture that Pence blames for the priest sex abuse scandal.
The archdiocese has adamantly denied the group’s claims.
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In a speech in St. Paul, he accuses the archdiocese of turning a blind eye to what his group calls violations of canon. Church leaders say the group is “dead wrong.”
David Pence believes that the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis is broken and that he and his followers have been called to fix it. On Tuesday night, the leader of a group of orthodox laymen called the Defenders of Church Society told about 150 people at a meeting in St. Paul that the archdiocese is violating canon law by tolerating sexual activity by gay and straight priests and covering up a gay subculture that Pence blames for the priest sex abuse scandal.
The archdiocese has adamantly denied the group’s claims.
more…
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](http://www.startribune.com/614/story/365591.html)