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Vatican priest advisor on sexuality barred from priestly ministry

Msgr. Tony Anatrella helped write the Vatican's 2005 instruction on seminarians "with homosexual tendencies." He is now barred from ministry after allegations of sexual abuse.

Luke Coppen
Jan 18, 2023
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Vatican priest advisor on sexuality barred from priestly ministry

The Archdiocese of Paris announced Tuesday that a priest who helped develop Vatican policy on gay seminarians has been barred from priestly ministry, and ordered to a life of prayer, after a canonical process over allegations that he abused young men, including a 14- year-old minor, under the guise of therapy.

Msgr. Tony Anatrella, 81, has also been told…

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