Priest to appeal to Vatican

Vienna - An Austrian priest, suspended for having celebrated Mass with homosexuals in the Vienna area, is planning to appeal …

Vienna - An Austrian priest, suspended for having celebrated Mass with homosexuals in the Vienna area, is planning to appeal his case before the Vatican, church sources said yesterday. Father Johannes Wahala was suspended by the Archbishop of Vienna, Mgr Christoph Schoen-born, because of public discontent. He was also forbidden from defending his cause.

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