Chicago Catholic priest apologizes for same-sex blessing ‘words and visuals’

(National Catholic Report. Gina Christian).

A Chicago priest has issued an apology for performing recently a blessing of a same-sex couple, which was filmed and posted on social media. Vincentian Father Joseph S. Williams, pastor of St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Chicago, said in a May 8 statement — which was issued by the Vincentians’ Western Province — that he was “deeply sorry for any confusion and/or anger that this has caused, particularly for the People of God.”

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