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Brussels archbishop did not OK homosexual civil unions: spokesman

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Belgian media last week claimed that the new archbishop of Brussels , widely hailed in the Catholic Church and excoriated by the secular media  as a “conservative” , said through a spokesman that he has “no objections to civil unions between gay men."  This week, however, archdiocesan media spokesman Jeroen Moens told LifeSiteNews.com that his comments had been “misrepresented” in the press, and that the archbishop does not support homosexual civil unions.  Archbishop Andre-Joseph Leonard Moens was quoted by the Dutch language online news  site De Tijd  saying that Archbishop Andre-Joseph Leonard, has “no objection against civil unions between gay men,” adding: “Do not call it gay marriage, but a gay relationship.” Moens had reportedly said, “Let us say that Monsignor Leonard endorses a gay commitment.” The comments were published as a response to an interview with Leonard’s predecessor, the notoriously liberal Cardinal Godfried Danneels , who told De Tijd that h

Archbishop prays while topless gay activists shout curses and douse him with water

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BRUSSELS - In an astonshing display of gentleness in the face of a vile attack, the head of the Catholic Church in Belgium , Archbishop Andre-Joseph Leonard, remained calmly seated with eyes closed in prayer Tuesday as four topless women attacked him with shouts and curses and doused him with water.  It’s not the first time the bishop has been attacked for standing up for the Church’s teachings on homosexuality and expressing his concern for those who live the homosexual lifestyle. The incident took place at the ULB University in Brussels where the archbishop was participating in a debate on blasphemy laws. The four women, representing the pro-abortion and homosexual group FEMEN , took to the stage where they disrobed to reveal black-painted slogans on their bare chests and backs, such as ‘my body my rules,’ and 'anus dei is coming.' They also held signs reading ‘stop homophobia’. The women doused the archbishop with water from bottles formed in the image of th