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Controversial Swiss bishop set to retire

Vitus Huonder, the Bishop of Chur in eastern Switzerland, gave the Pope his resignation on Thursday, his 75th birthday.

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Swiss bishops: we are open to gay people

The Catholic church is open to all, regardless of sexuality, the Swiss Conference of Bishops has said in its first official statement since the controversial comments of Bishop Vitus Huonder at the end of July.

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Bishop apologizes for anti-gay speech

The Bishop of Chur, Vitus Huonder, has apologized to gay people after citing controversial Bible passages in a speech he gave at a Catholic forum in Germany at the end of July.

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Swiss bishop slammed over anti-gay speech

Switzerland's gay and lesbian community has reacted angrily after the ultra-conservative Bishop of Chur quoted passages from the Bible which condemn homosexuals to death.

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Sex ed harms 'natural sense of shame': bishop

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><strong><span lang="EN-GB">Two Swiss Catholic bishops have traded verbal blows after the bishop of Chur, Vitus Huonder, argued that parents should have </span></strong><strong><span lang="EN-GB">the right to exempt their children from sex education classes at school.</span></strong></p>