Priest rebuked for role in cousin's same-sex wedding

Priest rebuked for role in cousin’s same-sex wedding

Tuesday, September 11th, 2012

Hartford Archbishop Henry Mansell has rebuked a priest from Suffield for participating in his cousin’s same-sex wedding in New York.

Rev. Michael DeVito, of Sacred Heart Church in Suffield, spoke with Mansell after the wedding in August.

The meeting happened after a wedding announcement in the New York Times mentioned that DeVito assisted in the August ceremony. It was not clear how Mansell became aware of the wedding announcement. Continue reading

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