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  • Spanish Homosexuals File Criminal Charges Against Bishop for Condemning Sodomy

    01/15/2008 5:45:11 AM PST · by NYer · 20 replies · 109+ views
    LifeSite ^ | January 14, 2008 | Matthew Cullinan Hoffman
    TENIRIFE, SPAIN, Janauary 11, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Spanish State Federation of Lesbians, Gays, Transsexuals and Bisexuals (FELGT) has filed a criminal complaint against the Catholic bishop of Tenerife, Bernardo Álvarez, for making statements against homosexual behavior and comparing it to child sexual abuse.Since making the statements in late December, Bishop Álvarez has been widely criticized throughout the mainstream Spanish media for reiterating the Catholic Church's consistent teaching on the subject.After being asked "what is your opinion of homosexuality," by the Spanish newspaper La Opinion de Tenerife, the Bishop stated that people who had the condition for "physiological" reasons were...