A Spanish Catholic Bishop has lost his powers as a cleric following his decision to marry a transgressive writer.
Bishop Xavier Novell Goma entered a civil marriage with 38-year old Silvia Caballol on November 22, 2021, in the province of Barcelona.
The diocese of Solsona where Goma has been serving released a statement saying that he had been banned from administering sacrament and engaging in any active teaching both in public and private settings.
Goma has however been allowed to keep the Bishop title.
The church reached the decision with regards to Canon 1394.1 of the Catholic Church, which states that: a clergyman attempting marriage, even if only civilly, shall be subject to suspension.
In 2010, Goma became the youngest priest at 41 years following his appointment to Solsano, a small city to the north of Barcelona in Spain’s northeastern Catalonia region.
He resigned in September and the Vatican approved his resignation which was announced in its bulletin the same month.
Goma and Caballol have neither issued a statement on the recent development nor spoken about marriage
BBC reports that the Bishop supported gay conversion therapy and has also carried out exorcism.
Caballol, an erotica author with satanic tones, began her writing career in 2015. She has been described as a person who longs to live to the fullest and a seeker of new emotions and sensations.
“A dynamic and transgressive author who has carved a niche for herself in the thorny literary world to turn all our moral and ethical considerations upside down,” Lacre, Caballol’s publisher says.
One of Caballol’s novels is titled The Hell of Gabriel’s Lust.
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