ROME – A high-profile Italian priest who championed euthanasia and same-sex marriage has been dismissed from the priesthood at his own request.
Fr Luca Favarin, 53, who had been suspended since last December a divinis, made the announcement of his dismissal from the clerical state in an August 24 post on Facebook, saying the Vatican decree had arrived the day before.
Favarin had been a priest of the Diocese of Padua since 1988, and in recent years has turned himself into a highly-successful businessman as he has sought to reach out and work with migrants.
