Report: Spanish bishop changes mind, permits transgendered person to be godparent

August 07, 2015

Reversing a decision made less than two weeks before, Bishop Rafael Zornoza Boy of Cádiz and Ceuta has determined that a 21-year-old woman who identifies herself as a man may serve as a godparent at the baptism of her nephew, Diario de Cadiz reported.

The woman, Alex Salinas, has not yet undergone a sex-change operation, according to a previous Spanish media report.

Salinas said that the priest of the parish in which the baptism will take place told her that the bishop realized he had made a mistake and that Salinas could serve as a godparent.

 

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Further information:

• El obispo permite a Alex Salinas ser el padrino de su sobrino (Diario de Cadiz)
• Spanish bishop: transgendered person may not serve as godparent (CWN, 7/28)