Ties to gay choir cost music director his job [View All]

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By LYNN FRANEY and HELEN T. GRAY
The Kansas City Star

Having a church music director who also led a gay men’s chorus did not sit well with some parishioners at St. Agnes Catholic Church in Roeland Park.

So they asked the pastor to remove Joe Nadeau from his church post.

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“I’ve done nothing illegal, nothing immoral,” said Nadeau, who takes the national stage soon as musical director for the closing ceremonies in July of the Gay Games in Chicago. “I’ve kept my private life separate from my work at the church.”

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“Kids loved him … and the adults,” said parishioner Molly Corkill. “He was fantastic with the children, and he was so, so kind and he’s so friendly.”

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“What Jesus taught is, you’re supposed to love your neighbor and love God,” Caruso said. “If loving your neighbor means kicking them out of church, that does not express love in my understanding of what love is.”

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