“I believe that it’s time to rethink celibacy in Latin America and the world” declared Lugo…Lugo added that he now “assumed the consequences” of having fathered a child with 26-year-old Viviana Carillo two years ago. Last week, a local judge allowed that child to adopt his dad’s name with Lugo’s explicit permission.
“Celibacy is a value within the Catholic Church that needs to be recognized as a sign of God’s realm. (Yet) when that sign is lost then I think we must rethink celibacy in Latin America and the world. I think that the most recent incidents should call us and the Church to have a serene reflection over the value of celibacy” insisted Lugo in an interview with Chilean daily El Mercurio. – [ed. personal translation]
Two other women have gone to court in paternity suits claiming that Lugo fathered their children. In one of those cases, Lugo has refused to take a court-ordered DNA test.
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Online Sources- Clarin, La Nacion, BBC Mundo, The Latin Americanist, Washnigton Examiner
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