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NEW YORK (AP) The Rev. Massingale is often at odds with official Catholic teaching he supports the ordination of women and making celibacy optional for Catholic clergy.
Parishioners worshipping at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Harlem are greeted by a framed portrait of Martin Luther King Jr. a Baptist minister named after a rebellious 16th century German priest excommunicated from the Catholic Church.