September 30, 2003 Most Reverend Wilton D. Gregory, PresidentUnited States Conference of Catholic Bishops3211 4th Street, N.E.,Washington, DC 20017-1194 Dear Bishop Gregory: We write to you in preparation for our annual presence at the upcoming gathering of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington DC this November, and in response to the Vatican document […]
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Bishops Praise Vatican Statement on Denying Marriage Equality
Bishops’ Head Welcomes Vatican Statementon Legal Recognition of UnionsBetween Homosexual Personswww.usccb.org/comm/archives/2003/03-158.shtml WASHINGTON (July 31, 2003) — Bishop Wilton D. Gregory, President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), welcomed the Vatican document entitled “Considerations regarding proposals to give legal recognition to unions between homosexual persons.” He urged Catholics and all persons of good […]
Trial Verdict: Guilty, But Complete Suspension of the Imposition of Sentence
A GREAT VICTORY FOR GAY CATHOLICS WHO WERE ARRESTED AT USCCB Soulforce Press Release: January 30, 2003For Immediate ReleaseContact: Laura Montgomery RuttCell: 717-278-0592 (Washington, DC) – The three gay Catholics who were arrested in November 2002 at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. during the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) […]
Catholic Bishop Thomas Gumbleton Testifies at Trial of Gay Catholics Refused Communion
Soulforce Press Release: January 29, 2003For Immediate ReleaseContact: Laura Montgomery RuttCell: 717-278-0592 (Washington, DC) – The trial for three gay Catholics who were arrested in November at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. during the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) began today. Lead witness for the defense was Catholic Bishop […]
Jury Selection and Trial Postponed Until January 29 for Three Gay Catholics Arrested at Bishops’ Conference Last Year
Soulforce Press Release: January 25, 2003For Immediate ReleaseContact: Laura Montgomery RuttCell: 717-278-0592 (Washington, DC) – The jury trial for three gay Catholics who were arrested in November at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. during the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) was postponed until Wednesday, January 29, 2003. The trial […]
Jury Trial of Three Gay Catholics Arrested at Bishops’ Conference Begins January 24
Could face up to 6 months in jail and $350 in fines Soulforce Press Release: January 16, 2003For Immediate ReleaseContact: Laura Montgomery RuttCell: 717-278-0592soulforcemedia@aol.com (Washington, DC) – The jury trial begins January 24, 2003 in Washington, D.C. for three gay Catholics who were arrested in November at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill in Washington, […]