A Homosexual: From Prison to Chancellor of an Archdiocese

Abbé Dominique Spina has been appointed chancellor and episcopal delegate for weddings in the Archdiocese of Toulouse, which is headed by Archbishop Guy de Kérimel. Until now, Abbé Spina was vice-chancellor.
According to Riposte-catholique.fr (3 July), Abbé Spina was sentenced to four years in prison in 2005 for raping a male high school student from Pau in 1993, for whom he was the spiritual director. This sentence was confirmed on appeal in 2007.
During the investigation, the priest claimed that it was a 'consensual relationship'.
In 2007, Spina was granted conditional release and transferred from the Diocese of Bayonne to the Diocese of Toulouse.
This decision was made with the agreement of the respective bishops of the two dioceses, Mgr Pierre Molères and Mgr Robert Le Gall.
The latter specified that 'only very limited duties were entrusted to him: a position as archivist and a small pastoral role working with adults only'.
In 2009, Spina was appointed head of the parish of Fronton …More