Married priest celebrating Mass in Saginaw: parish cites canon law, invites priest. (Saginaw, Michigan; Father Leo Lynch)

From: National Catholic Reporter | Date: February 26, 1993| Author: McCarthy, Tim | Copyright information

Parish cites canon law, invites priest

SAGINAW, Mich. - The priest was married, the parish closed, but the Mass went on.

With his wife, Judy, in attendance, Father Leo Lynch, a priest in the Saginaw diocese until he opted for secular life in 1969, wore no vestments over his blue business suit and red-plaid tie. Just the same, he was priest aplenty for the St. Rita remnant gathered that icy Saturday evening in the church they said the diocese was taking away f...

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