POLAND
GlobalPost
A parish priest’s dismissal for criticising church doctrine on test tube babies, abortion, euthanasia and contraception has sparked debate in devoutly Catholic Poland.
Father Wojciech Lemanski, 53, was sacked by his superiors for speaking out against the dogma on his blog. The July 5 decree gave him until Thursday to quit his parish in the eastern village of Jasienica.
Henryk Hoser, archbishop of Warsaw-Praga, faulted Lemanski for “a lack of respect and disobedience”. Hoser is also the president of the Polish episcopate’s bioethics committee.
Backed by parishioners, Lemanski had refused to budge after his dismissal took effect late Sunday.
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