A practicing Roman Catholic gay couple in Canada say they’re being driven from the church over their archbishop’s opposition to their same-sex union.
The Canadian Press reported earlier this month that after Daniel Poirier and Jack Murphy got married in May, the two 69-year-olds placed an announcement and photograph in a Halifax newspaper.
When the notice appeared, the couple’s priest told them that the Archbishop had directed that they no longer could receive communion or assume any leadership position in the church.
That meant Poirier no longer could serve as a director of the choir, a role he had held for many years.
CBC News reported that the couple later received a letter from the same priest officially declaring they would be allowed to take communion only if they led a celibate life.
