US priest speaks up for Church's gay 'parish pariahs'

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http://l.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/SGMbE1R4cziwOLykWFnrVQ--/YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b247aD04Njt3PTEzMDs-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/59c4b735a7d7e079a4fbbb8e503083a614a8baca.jpg (https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-priest-speaks-churchs-gay-parish-pariahs-130411536.html)Gay people in the Catholic Church are sometimes "treated like dirt", according to a priest invited by the Vatican to address a conference on families in Dublin on Thursday ahead of a visit by Pope Francis. US Jesuit priest James Martin preaches openness towards gay Roman Catholics -- in the face of some traditionalists who have tried to shut him down. "It is a sign to all Catholics that the Vatican considers LGBT Catholics part of the Church," said the author of a bestselling book which reaches out to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Christians.



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