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Archdiocese rebukes pastor’s comments opposing ban on sex-change surgeries, drugs for kids

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The Archdiocese of St. Louis rebuked comments made by Fr. Mitchell Doyen, who publicly opposed legislation that seeks to make permanent a ban on sex-change surgeries and related experimental procedures for minors in Missouri.

In a statement last week, the archdiocese clarified that Doyen’s views don't align with the official Church teaching on the matter, National Catholic Register reported.

Doyen, a pastor from St. Josephine Bakhita parish in north St. Louis City, had spoken out against legislative efforts to permanently ban gender transition procedures, including surgeries, puberty blockers and opposite-sex hormones for minors in Missouri.

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...but shouldn't the Church as a whole be opposed to that? I thought St. Louis was very conservative, and was once considered "Rome of the midwest" ???
 
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...but shouldn't the Church as a whole be opposed to that? I thought St. Louis was very conservative, and was once considered "Rome of the midwest" ???
Unfortunately, St. Louis is a very liberal city.
 
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Unfortunately, St. Louis is a very liberal city.
That’s unfortunate! :(

Times have changed for the worst!

Here in my state, both Lincoln and Omaha have a very large Catholic population.
 
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