Unmarried cohabitant can also become priest in Church of Norway

22-11-2022

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Unmarried cohabitant can also become priest in Church of Norway

Officially, cohabiting partners who are not married cannot become a priest in the Church of Norway. The Bishop's Conference has a resolution against cohabitation. Yet, individual bishops say that they are open to ordaining cohabiting priests.

Petersson (centre) consecrated as a bishop in 2018. Photo Svenska kyrka, Magnus Aronson

Swedish bishop has to resign after affair

The bishop of the Church of Sweden in Visby, Thomas Petersson, is dismissed from his office. The reason was a long-term extramarital affair. The leadership of the church could not accept this.

The Swedish church is very popular for marriages. Photo Princess Madeleine and Christopher O'Neill in 2013. Photo AFP, Anders Wiklund

Swedish priest may lose right to abstain from consecration gay marriage

In the new General Assembly of the Church of Sweden, there will be more debate about the priests' right to abstain from marrying people of the same sex.

Meeting of the Brunstad Christian Church. Photo Brunstad Christian Church

Norwegian Church bans gay members who bring their partner to the service

Any member of the Norwegian Brunstad Christian Church (BCC) who brings his or her same-sex partner to church risks being excommunicated from the congregation. That is written in the new proposal with guidelines for the church.

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