Catholic Priest Suspended for Criticizing Prop 8
October 14, 2008 by James Hipps
Geoffrey Farrow, a California diocesan priest who openly criticized church leadership for supporting Proposition 8, a ballot measure that would make it unconstitutional for same-sex couples to marry, has been suspended by Bishop John Steinbock.
Speaking by telephone, Farrow said that his attorney, who is both a civil and canon lawyer, received a letter from the bishop Friday, Oct. 10, indicating Farrow’s suspension from “governance and faculties as a priest.”
“So I am no longer pastor at St. Paul’s,” Farrow said.
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