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Vatican promotes priest who blamed Katrina on gays

Posted on February 3, 2009 
Filed Under 365Gay, News

(Vatican City) An Austrian pastor who has been quoted as calling Hurricane Katrina God’s punishment for sin in New Orleans is being promoted to the rank of bishop.

The Vatican announced Saturday that Pope Benedict XVI has tapped the Rev. Gerhard Wagner, 54, to be …

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