18/02/2013
Final Mass Held At Soho Church For Gays and Lesbians
A central London Catholic church is to hold its final mass for gay and lesbian worshippers as the leader of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales said it conflicted with religious teachings on sexuality.
As the Archbishop of Westminster asks organisers of the service in Soho to concentrate on providing pastoral care, gay rights charity Stonewall has said it was a "real shame" the service, which ran for 6 years, has come to an end.
Held at Our Lady of the Assumption Church in Warwick Street, Soho, Monsignor Seamus O'Boyle said: "To be able to reach out in love, which I think is what we have done, for me has been personally quite gratifying.
"To see this community grow, which it has, and to feel that they could come to church and be part of the church has been something quite marvellous, but it's not construed that way by everyone else."
(H/GK)
As the Archbishop of Westminster asks organisers of the service in Soho to concentrate on providing pastoral care, gay rights charity Stonewall has said it was a "real shame" the service, which ran for 6 years, has come to an end.
Held at Our Lady of the Assumption Church in Warwick Street, Soho, Monsignor Seamus O'Boyle said: "To be able to reach out in love, which I think is what we have done, for me has been personally quite gratifying.
"To see this community grow, which it has, and to feel that they could come to church and be part of the church has been something quite marvellous, but it's not construed that way by everyone else."
(H/GK)
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