French gender equality minister wants priest prosecuted for saying homosexuality is sinful ‘weakness’
by Jon Brown, Christian Post:
A French government official has called for the prosecution of a Roman Catholic priest over a video he posted to social media describing homosexual inclinations as “a weakness” that must be fought like any other sin.
Father Matthieu Raffray, 45, posted the video to his more than 60,000 Instagram followers on March 15, admonishing them to resist their sinful weaknesses, including homosexuality among them.
“We all have weaknesses: those who are greedy, those who are angry, those who have homosexual tendencies!” Raffray said in the incriminating video, according to French Catholic media outlet Famille Chrétienne.
Raffray’s comments drew the ire of Aurore Bergé, a 37-year-old politician who has served as France’s minister for gender equality, diversity and equal opportunities since January.
Bergé released a statement on March 20 saying that Raffray’s comments about homosexuality were “unacceptable” and that she was reporting him to the Interministerial Delegation for the Fight against Racism, Anti-semitism, and Anti-LGBT Hatred (DILCRAH) to be prosecuted under Article 40 of the French penal code.
“I will not let anything go in the face of hatred, whatever it may be,” Bergé said in an X post.
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