Religious protest in Tirol: village wants to keep priest in love
Catholic priests are not allowed to have love affairs. The one in a little Tirolean village had, and received the request to leave his holy place of work.
The people of the village don’t want to accept that. “This would be a loss for our church”, says one enraged citizen of Leutasch.
It was the diocese of Innsbruck who brought the priest to following scratch: love or church. The priest chose the love.
Many believers occupied the church of Leutasch to protest against that decision. They made posters and banners and threaten openly: “If the priest does not stay, we are also leaving the church and stop paying church tax.”