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Same-sex behavior is hazardous, is harmful, and is dangerous’: Scottish Catholic media director

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GLASGOW, Scotland, August 2, 2012 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The director of the Scottish Catholic Media Office has defended statements made by Archbishop-elect of Glasgow Philip Tartaglia . In which he argued that society has been silent when it comes to the health risks and dangers of the homosexual lifestyle. “There is a link between same-sex sexual practice and early death,” said Peter Kearney, director of the Scottish Catholic Media Office, to STV’s Rona Dougall on  Scotland Tonight  last Sunday. “And that’s not something that the Catholic Church simply ‘believes’, there is an overwhelming body of medical evidence to suggest that.” Peter Kearney, the director of the Scottish Catholic Media Office Archbishop-elect Tartaglia was internationally scrutinized last week after The Scotsman accused him of having made “hurtful” and “ill-informed” remarks about the death of an openly homosexual Labor MP and former Catholic priest during at Oxford. Tartaglia was delivering a speech o

Archbishop-elect: ‘I could see myself going to jail’ for standing up against same-sex ‘marriage’

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GLASGOW, July 25, 2012, ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – One day after his appointment was announced, the new archbishop-elect of Glasgow has already been attacked in the media for his opposition to same-sex “marriage.” On the day the appointment was made public, Archbishop -elect Philip Tartaglia , a long-time and highly vocal opponent  of the homosexualist political agenda, told journalists that he believed he could end up in prison for his views. “I could see myself going to jail possibly at some point over the next 15 years—if God spares me—if I speak out,” Archbishop-elect Tartaglia, 61, told STV News on Tuesday. Catholic News Agency quoted him saying, “I am deeply concerned that today, defending the traditional meaning of marriage is almost considered ‘hate speech’ and branded intolerant. Such a response is undemocratic, closes debate and is highly manipulative.” Within only hours of the announcement,  The Scotsman  published a piece accusing Tartaglia of having made “hurtful” and “il