Bishop William Murphy of the Diocese of Rockville Centre has returned the 18,000 petitions collected on behalf of Nicholas Coppola, a parishioner who was ousted from ministry in St. Anthony's parish after marrying his partner.
In their haste to discredit the Church for relieving an actively homosexual man of his duties at a parish on Long Island, the media never bothered to question the three boxes of petitions for reinstatement that the man claimed to be delivering to diocesan offices last week - two of which were found to be completely empty.
