Publication Date:
Wed, 2011-02-23 23:47
The case sheds
light on a little-known 60-year-old Roman Catholic church law that allows
ordained clergy from other Christian faiths to become priests. "This
happens seldom but it's not unusual," diocese spokesman Christoph Heckeley
said, adding that it is more usual in Scandinavia.
The 61-year-old converted to
Catholicism in 2004 after which he served as a deacon and taught religious
history at universities in Germany and Switzerland. He currently teaches at the
University of Cologne where he will also serve as a priest. Last year a married
father of four was ordained as a priest in Regensburg, southern Germany.
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