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Indian Court Says Priest's Celibacy Vow Does Not Invalidate Marriage or Bequest

By Howard M. Friedman

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A court in New Delhi, India has upheld the will of a Christian priest who secretly converted to Islam, married and bequeathed property to his son. Today's Times of India reports that the priest's family challenged the validity of the will and the priest's marriage on the ground that the priest took a vow of celibacy. The court wrote: "To marry is a fundamental right of a person, being an integral part of right to life and personal liberty. Tenets of a religion may interdict its followers from becoming a priest (father ) but cannot invalidate a marriage, which is legal otherwise."

Full post as published by Religion Clause on March 28, 2011 (boomark / email).

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