“I will be a priest for life,” Father Melvin Clapano told Rappler in between sobs as he revealed his plans to bring Cagayan de Oro Archbishop Jose Cabantan to court.
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines – Married priest Father Melvin Clapano broke into tears as he complained about a public notice released by the Catholic archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro which he said effectively turned him and his family into religious pariahs.
On Wednesday, June 22, the archbishop released a memorandum that cautioned the clergy and church members against inviting the defrocked priest to officiate Mass and perform other priestly duties. The archdiocese said Clapano’s predicament was due to clauses in the Code of Canon Law that provide that any cleric who attempts marriage is automatically suspended andArchbishop Cabantan said Clapano had expressed his desire to return to active ministry, “but he is impeded due to aIt was in 2021 that Clapano said he found his space in the independent Catholic Church of England and Wales, a religious denomination that allows priests to get married.
He said Cabantan’s memorandum, which went viral on social media after the local archdiocese released it, hurt him and his family. The NAORCC descended from the Roman Catholic See of Utrecht, which was granted autonomy by the Holy See in 1145.
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