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Article: Catholic archbishop marries in group wedding ceremony; Rev. Moon picks bride: The archbishop calls for an end to the priestly vow of celibacy
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- May 28, 2001
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NEW YORK (AP) - A Roman Catholic archbishop who says God wants
him and the Catholic Church to shed the celibacy rule married a
physician Sunday in a group wedding conducted by the Rev. Sun Myung
Moon.
Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo, 71, was wed in a group marriage
ceremony Sunday at the New York Hilton. The bride, chosen for him
this week by Moon, is Marie Sung, 43, a physician from South Korea,
said the Rev. Phillip Schanker, a spokesman for the Family
Federation for World Peace and Unification, the central group in
Moon's movement.
He said the newlyweds plan to move to Africa.
Milingo has long been at odds with the Catholic hierarchy,
although he remains based in Rome and still carries his ...