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   The Vatican on Saturday dismissed a gay priest from his Holy See   
   job on the eve of a major Church meeting for a highly public   
   coming out that challenged the Roman Catholic teaching that   
   homosexual acts are a sin.   
      
   Monsignor Krzysztof Charamsa, a Polish theologian, had worked at   
   the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, the Vatican's   
   doctrinal arm, since 2003. He was also sacked from his jobs   
   teaching theology at pontifical universities in Rome.   
      
   Charamsa, 43, told Italy's Corriere della Sera newspaper that he   
   was gay and had a partner in an interview published on Saturday.   
   The Church does not consider homosexuality a sin but priests,   
   whether heterosexual or gay, are meant to be celibate.   
      
   Charasma also held a news conference with his partner and gay   
   activists at a Rome restaurant. They had planned a demonstration   
   in front of the Vatican but changed the venue several hours   
   before it was due to have started.   
      
   The Vatican said the dismissal had nothing to do with Charasma's   
   reflections on his personal life, which it said "merit respect".   
      
   But it said giving the interview and the planned demonstration   
   was "grave and irresponsible" given their timing on the eve of a   
   synod of bishops who will discuss family issues, including the   
   Church's position on gays.   
      
   It said his actions would subject the synod, which Pope Francis   
   is due to open on Sunday, to "undue media pressure".   
      
   At the news conference, Charamsa said he wanted to make "an   
   enormous noise for the good of the Church" and apply "good   
   Christian pressure" on the synod not to forget homosexual   
   believers.   
      
   "This decision of mine to come out was a very personal one taken   
   in a Catholic Church that is homophobic and very difficult and   
   harsh (towards gays)," he said.   
      
   He suggested that a study be made of how many homosexuals work   
   in the Vatican. "We can't continue showing contempt and offence   
   towards homosexuals," he said.   
      
   The issue of homosexuality and the Church has dominated the   
   aftermath of the pope's visit to the United States last week.   
      
   "I ask the pope to be strong and to remember us, homosexuals,   
   lesbians, transsexuals and bisexuals as children of the Church   
   and members of humanity," Charamsa said.   
      
   The Vatican has been embarrassed by a row over the pope's   
   meeting during his U.S. trip with Kim Davis, a Kentucky county   
   clerk who went to jail in September for refusing to honor a U.S.   
   Supreme Court ruling and issue same-sex marriage licences.   
      
   http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/10/03/us-vatican-preist-gay-   
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