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elleng

(130,865 posts) Sun Apr 7, 2013, 06:35 PM Apr 2013

New Yorkers and Catholics, please help if you can.

Thanks.

Imagine returning from your honeymoon only to be called into your pastor's office and told you're banned from volunteering in church ministries, simply because you got married.

Nicholas Coppola is a member of St. Antony's Roman Catholic Church in Oceanside, New York, where he used to lead religious education classes, serve as a lector, and visit homebound parishioners. Nicholas is gay and has been out to everyone at church for years -- a number of parishioners even attended his wedding.

But after Nicholas got married, someone sent an ugly anonymous note to the bishop and suddenly he was banned from volunteering at church.

http://act.faithfulamerica.org/sign/coppola/?akid=4.81534.rTNGTR&rd=1&t=1

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New Yorkers and Catholics, please help if you can. (Original Post) elleng Apr 2013 OP

The local Episcopal Church has reached out to him. hrmjustin Apr 2013 #1

Different Bishop, I think, elleng Apr 2013 #2

Yes you are correct. hrmjustin Apr 2013 #3

K/R and signed. nt NYC_SKP Apr 2013 #4

That's terrible IrishAyes Apr 2013 #5

Thank you, IrishAyes. elleng Apr 2013 #6

I am so sorry but i got it wrong he was not reinstated. hrmjustin Apr 2013 #7

... elleng Apr 2013 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author elleng Apr 2013 #8

Signed as soon as I saw it. Thanks for the alert. IrishAyes Apr 2013 #10

hrmjustin

(71,265 posts)

1. The local Episcopal Church has reached out to him.

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Sun Apr 7, 2013, 06:39 PM

Apr 2013

This stuff happens here in NYC every once in awhile. Two men were removed from their Choir in The Bronx because they were a couple. I imagine several other churches are trying to reach out to him. The Bishop of Brooklyn and Queens is very conservative so he won't do anything about it.