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August 10, 2010

Tennessean: Nashville priest may get in trouble over viral video

by Bob Smietana
The Tennessean

A prominent Nashville priest may face church discipline for criticizing Roman Catholic teaching on celibate priests, birth control and papal authority.

At issue is a video posted last week on the website of St. Edward Catholic Church in Nashville. In it, the Rev. Joseph Breen, longtime pastor of St. Edward, calls for the Roman Catholic Church to allow married priests and birth control. He also claims that Catholics don't have to obey the pope.

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