Avondale priest on torching of rainbow banner: ‘Love the sinner, hate the sin — that’s as harsh as I get’

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Fr. Paul Kalchik has heard nothing from the archdiocese since he was “verbally threatened” by the two vicars for priests in a telephone call.

This in a rather sympathetic Chicago Tribune interview.

Published by Jim Bowman

Jim Bowman covered religion 1968-78 for the Chicago Daily News, since then has written books, articles, etc., mostly on corporate history but also on religion (Company Man: My Jesuit Life, 1950-1968), and more recently on politics (Illinois Blues: How the Ruling Party Talks to Voters -- Lulu.com, Kindle). Longtime Oak Park, Illinois, resident, he lives now on Chicago's North Side, where four of his and Winnie's six children live close by.

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