Antoine Coelho, the priest who was suspended after announcing his marriage to a woman

Antoine Coelhoa renowned French priest and founder of the House of the Holy Spirit charismatic community, announced his wedding to a 26-year-old woman for Sunday March 19, in Krakow, Poland. His next union sparked a scandal between his faithful and the religious community, for which he was suspended from the exercise of his duties.

Bishop Fréjus-Toulon, Dominique Reydecided to suspend it “for doctrinal reasons and moral reasons”, confirmed the diocese to the magazine Famille Chrétienn. Coelho is the founder of the House of the Holy Spirit, which stopped working on March 16.

“Father Antoine is my friend and I am not going to speak ill of him. I can only tell you about the matter that is being discussed that, indeed, draws attention,” said a person close to the priest after being consulted by ACI Prensa. “He tells us that we should not defend him, that he is doing God’s will and that he has a lot of peace,” he added.

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I didn’t know you were getting married

The priest of the cathedral of Toulon, the father Charles Mallard, declared in an interview that Coelho had announced to him 15 days ago that “he was ceasing all activity in the cathedral”, but that he did not know the reason, much less his plans. He also pointed out that the priest was mainly dedicated to administering the sacrament of confession.

Among the prohibitions that Coelho has is that of carrying out any type of “teaching, direction or spiritual and confessional accompaniment”, as well as “all public ministry, with the exception of private mass without the participation of the faithful, particularly exorcisms”. .

What was it that Father Antoine Coelho said?

The priest Antoine Coelho, who maintains a sentimental relationship with a 26-year-old girl from Barcelona, He justified his behavior by assuring that the woman is the “mystical incarnation of the Holy Spirit.”

criticized

The father Valentin Gogeleterritorial director of the Legion of Christ and member of the Regnum Christi Territorial Board of Directors of Western and Central Europe, released a letter in which he criticized his colleague’s behavior after saying that it “seriously contradicts the morals and teachings of the Catholic Church ”.

Finally, he asked for prayers for those affected, “especially for the people around the House of the Holy Spirit, who have already distanced themselves.”

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