Members of the Church of The Redeemer were in for a big surprise when their 59 year old priest, Rev. Juan Andres, mounted the pulpit last Sunday to preach and suddenly announced that he is gay. The shocked congregation was further informed that he is divorcing his wife and marrying a younger man.
Rev. Juan Andres Quevedo-Bosch, is the arch-deacon of Queens and Rector of the Church of the Redeemer in Astoria,
On a Facebook post few days ago, the man of God announced that he has finally married the man of his life in a Los Angeles church. Can you imagine that!!!
“I’m in Miami Beach with my new husband. God is good,” he wrote in a caption of a picture on the beach.According to...
the New York Post, many parishioners have severed ties to the church after Quevedo-Bosch came out. Many are opting to attend Mass at a satellite church a few blocks away.
“Most of the people aren’t coming anymore,” an elderly woman told the newspaper. “Because he’s homosexual, people have stopped coming.”
However, there are many people in the largely Hispanic congregation who are supporting their priest, especially after he publicly offered to resign, the woman added. A petition was circulated to urge him to stay.
Saturday services have been canceled and attendance continued to dwindle down, the Post reported.
While talking to the Post, Quevedo-Bosch would not answer questions about his former wife Adria or their divorce. He revealed very little about his new marriage to the unidentified man.
“I am aware that there have been concerns regarding my divorce and subsequent remarriage and have been in touch with my bishop and my congregation about them,” he said.
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Bishop Larry Provenzano, head of the Long Island diocese, which includes Queens, told the Post that he has been in touch with Quevedo-Bosch “as is customary in personal matters that involve divorce and remarriage.” He said the priest has his full support.
“Priests who wish to enter into same-gender marriage are approved to do so in the Episcopal Church and in the Episcopal Diocese of Long Island,” Provenzano said.
Earlier this year, the U.S. Episcopal Church voted to allow same-sex marriage in the church.
In a Twitter post last week, Quevedo-Bosch said he would be keeping his personal and professional lives separate.
7 comments:
This Gay thing just keeps throwing unpleasant surprises at the world
This is more than just a shocker. This can give heart attack. I hope his wife is still alive sha
Oga o.... there's nothing we won't hear in this world... the end is truly near
Orishi rishi, u r looking for the devil? that's the devil speaking inside him
So he's been hiding as gay for 59 years abi even marry n born children on top. I smell statan's work
End time things na ni
Leave the American Church and their apostacy. They are failing God instead of falling down on their faces in repentance as a nation before God who brought them to greatness.
However, God will always retain a Righteous Remnant who have not bowed the knee to Baal.
At the same time, we have our own dear 'brother' Obama to thank for majority of the licentious advances made LGBT community in America in the past 8years, don't we? God is watching
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