December 3, 2012

What Is the Evangelical Catholic Church?

Terry Mattingly, Get Religion

GetReligion readers may recall the case of young Lennon Cihak, who — at the very least — told the Rev. Gary LaMoine (in photo) that he disagreed with the Catholic Church’s teachings on sexual ethics and marriage. Thus, the priest — after long talks with the family — decided that the young man should not be confirmed as a grown-up, loyal Catholic believer.

Now, it seems that there has been another news development in that headline-grabbing case. This update is, frankly, not much of a surprise.

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