Denied priestly ordination, deacon commits suicide
December 01, 2010
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An Italian transitional deacon who was found unfit for priestly ordination took his own life on November 30.
Luca Seidita leapt to his death from a cliff after receiving word from the Vatican that he could not be ordained a priest. He left behind a note saying: “I wanted to become a priest and all my life was devoted to that.”
Bishop Giovanni Scanavino of Orvieto denied rumors that Seidita had been judged unfit because he is homosexual. But he said that there were “some issues” involving the deacon’s friends. The bishop said that the decision against Seidita’s ordination came from the Vatican.
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Posted by: -
Dec. 01, 2010 10:05 PM ET USA
This is truly tragic. Apparently the deacon's own Bishop supported his ordination too. Let us pray for the repose of his soul and for his poor family in this tragic time.
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Posted by: a son of Mary -
Dec. 01, 2010 9:19 PM ET USA
Suicide is not the answer for anything. IN this respect, let us pray for his soul. Conspicuously absent from this note - if that's all there is -is a statement of a desire to serve Jesus as a holy priest, only the focus on the "me" "I" want to be a priest...
