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Revelations, accusations and counter-accusations:<\/a><\/p>\n

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The next morning, Bozek returned to the pulpit, this time with a different homily. "It seems so many things happen by accident, that paths cross by accident," he said. "But that is the mystery of our faith – nothing happens without a reason."<\/p>\n

With a startling revelation, he signaled to his parishioners on Christmas morning that he had been through controversy with church authority before. And he believed it had made him stronger.<\/p>\n

Bozek told his new parishioners the story of his struggle five years ago at a seminary in Poland with an accusation made against him – "a witch hunt" he called it. "Some people accused me of being a promiscuous homosexual," he said. He told the rector of the seminary to provide proof, and said the rector couldn’t, but persisted in the accusations.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Canon lawyer Ed Peters discusses the situation – at his updated and sharp-looking new blog.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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