Recent news has come out that Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo admitted he fathered a child when he was still a Roman Catholic bishop. He had served 10 years as a bishop, and during those years he had a child. The child is two years old now. As for what the church thinks, the Vatican first rejected him for layman's status, by suspending him from priestly duties. They went on saying that, in fact, he was still a bishop because ordination is a lifelong sacrament seen by the church.
In my opinion, since he had an affair during his reign as a bishop, he should be excommunicated from the church. The church preaches abstinence, and bishops are a voice in the church, he is going against the church. While a bishops personal life and church life should be seperate, he has gone against the church. I don't think anyone wants to have a bishop who preaches then doesn't follow it.
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I agree with you in thinking that he should be excommunicated from the church. What he has done goes completely against all of the church teachings. The church cannot have this kind of behavior especially from someone who has the status of being a bishop. His behavior represents that he does not believe in what he has been teaching the whole time.
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