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Article: Haitian adoption leads to priest's ouster. (Fr. Richard Stieglitz)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- October 15, 1993
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Fort Wayne bishop cites different views
FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The forced resignation of a Catholic pastor here has left him without a parish, the parishioners up in arms, and the local bishop with little to say about it all.
Fr. Richard Stieglitz stepped down last month as pastor of Queen of Angels in the Fort Wayne-South Bend diocese. He and Bishop John M. D'Arcy are at odds because Stieglitz, against D'Arcy's will, wants to retain his role as father to four adopted young Haitian men.
The bishop said in a written statement that the resignation was at his request. "The reason for this request is because of a significant difference between Father ...