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Sir Elton John Denounces
Scotland's Cardinal Winning

Peru's Archbishop
Monsignor Juan Luis Cipriani Denounced

Orthodox Clerics Check
Rumors about a Cypriot Bishop

By Rex Wockner
International News Report

Sir Elton John Denounces Scotland's Cardinal Winning

Sir Elton John denounced anti-gay Roman Catholic Cardinal Thomas Winning of Glasgow, Scotland, June 15.

In an article in The Spectator, Winning had said: "Far from liberating a person it [homosexuality] ensnares them in a lifestyle that can never respond to the deepest longings of the human heart. [S]uch behaviour is not good for the human person."

In the next issue of the magazine, John responded: "Cardinal Winning, and his ignorance, is totally representative of why people are turning away from the Church.

"I am astonished to be told by Cardinal Winning that my sexuality is not good for me. He argues that homosexuality 'ensnares them in a lifestyle that can never respond to the deepest longings of the human heart'. From what practical perspective does he form this point of view?

"As a Cardinal and presumably a celibate and solitary individual, how can he possibly be in a position to judge? As a gay man I am perfectly happy with my sexuality and my life. I can honestly say that the deepest longings of my heart are satisfied."

Peru's Archbishop Monsignor Juan Luis Cipriani Denounced

Peru's Homosexual Movement of Lima (MHOL) denounced Lima Catholic Archbishop Monsignor Juan Luis Cipriani June 13 after he told his congregation that the church recognizes only the male and female genders.

Cipriani's comments were made before thousands of people attending a Great Jubilee 2000 mass.

MHOL said the archbishop displayed absolute ignorance of gay and lesbian issues and denigrated the "fundamental rights of the hundreds of thousands of homosexual men and lesbian women of Peru."

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"Neither the MHOL nor the homosexual community is promoting the existence of a third sex, but rather, the full recognition and use of all our civil rights, including the recognition of and the freedom to choose our sexual orientation," the group said.

The activists also criticized Congress for not including a ban on discrimination based on sexual orientation in a recently passed anti-discrimination law.

Orthodox Clerics Check Rumors about a Cypriot Bishop

Cyprus' dominant Orthodox Church launched an investigation June 12 into allegations that Limassol Bishop Athnanassios is gay.

He is alleged to have seduced a young monk who later renounced his orders and became a hairdresser.