POLAND: Gay Vatican Priest Defrocked After Coming Out On Eve Of Synod On The Family [VIDEO]

Early this month Vatican priest Krzystof Charamsa was sacked from his position at the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith immediately after coming out on the eve of the synod on the family. Today he was defrocked by Polish Bishop Ryszard Kasyna. Yahoo News reports:

The 43-year-old priest sparked outrage at the Vatican on October 3 by publicly declaring his homosexuality — and presenting his Catalan boyfriend Eduardo — on the eve of a bishops’ synod set to touch on the divisive issue of the Catholic Church’s relationship to gay believers. Bishop Kasyna said he was forced to defrock Charamsa for failing to abide by his vow of celibacy following an earlier official warning. “Considering Father Charamsa’s lack of will to correct his behaviour and public statements indicating he will continue to break rules governing the behaviour of Catholic priests,” the bishop decided to defrock him, the statement said. “This penalty is intended to encourage Father Charamsa to mend his ways and can be rescinded depending on his behaviour,” it said.

While Charamsa is no longer a priest, he has not yet been excommunicated. Watch him tell his story below.