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excommunicated "as a result of his ordaining four married men as bishop."
'''Emmanuel Milingo''' is a Roman Catholic whose association with the [[Unification Movement]] brought him into the public spotlight, particularly when he chose to cast off his vow of celibacy to get blessed in marriage under the auspices of Rev. [[Sun Myung Moon]].<ref>
'''Emmanuel Milingo''' is a Roman Catholic whose association with the [[Unification Movement]] brought him into the public spotlight, particularly when he chose to cast off his vow of celibacy to get blessed in marriage under the auspices of Rev. [[Sun Myung Moon]].<ref name=mickler>
"In terms of clerical celibacy, it was one thing to proclaim that Catholic priests and nuns must marry. It was quite another to marry a Roman Catholic archbishop in violation of his priestly vows." [http://www.tparents.org/Library/Unification/Publications/JUS-8-2007/JUS-8-2007-4.htm The Milingo Affair: Re-thinking the Unification Position on Clerical Celibacy and Ecumenism] - Michael Mickler - 2007</ref>
"In terms of clerical celibacy, it was one thing to proclaim that Catholic priests and nuns must marry. It was quite another to marry a Roman Catholic archbishop in violation of his priestly vows." [http://www.tparents.org/Library/Unification/Publications/JUS-8-2007/JUS-8-2007-4.htm The Milingo Affair: Re-thinking the Unification Position on Clerical Celibacy and Ecumenism] - Michael Mickler - 2007</ref>
In May 2001, Archbishop Milingo was married to Maria Sung, a Korean acupuncturist. Three months later, he separated from his wife and seemed to "return" to the Roman Catholic Church. But in July 2006 he returned to his wife and started [[Married Priests Now!]] and was subsequently excommunicated "as a result of his ordaining four married men as bishops."<ref name=mickler />
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