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Gay ‘Married’ Ex-Priest Serves on Canon Law Tribunal for Delaware Diocese Jack Anderson a 'defender of the marital bond' in Wilmington WILMINGTON, Del. (ChurchMilitant.com) - A gay ex-cleric who "wed" a fellow former priest is serving on a diocesan marriage tribunal in Delaware. In a bombshell report published Sunday, investigative journalist George Neumayr revealed that one-time priest Jack Anderson is serving as a defender of the marital bond for the diocese of Wilmington. Neumayr uncovered the scandal while investigating Anderson's relationship to pro-gay Pennsylvania Bp. Joseph Bambera, who after seminary served with Anderson on the Scranton diocesan marriage tribunal. Ex-priest Jack Anderson's profile naming...

The Judicial Vicar for the diocese of Saginaw, Michigan has been arrested for sexual assault of another man. Father Robert DeLand, pastor of St. Agnes Catholic Church in Freeland and a judge on the marriage tribunal, was arrested Monday after a months-long covert operation by local police involving surveillance. Fr. Robert DeLand A press release issued by Det. Brian Berg of the Tittabawassee Township Police Department Sunday announced that the 71-year-old cleric had been under observation since November 2017, three months after he was accused of sexual assault at his home. On August 8, 2017 a Criminal Sexual Assault complaint was filed by a subject alleging...