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125 German Catholic church officials come out as LGBT

BERLIN—More than 100 Catholic church officials in Germany came out as LGBT, queer or nonbinary on Monday, adding to calls for reform within the crisis-hit church. The 125-strong group, which includes priests and education and administration workers, published an online statement demanding an end to the “discrimination and exclusion” they had experienced in the church. “I don’t want to hide my sexual identity any more,” Uwe Grau, a priest, said. “We are part of the Church,” added Raphaela Soden, who identifies as queer and nonbinary. The Vatican has reaffirmed that homosexuality was “a sin” and homosexuals cannot receive the sacrament of marriage.

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