Reverend
Canon Mpho Tutu-van Furth, Arch Bishop Desmond Tutu's daughter, has been
forced to give up her duties as a priest in South Africa's Anglican church
after she married a woman, she told AFP on Tuesday.
According
to her statement, “"The canon (law) of the South African Church states
that marriage is between one man and one woman. After my marriage... the Bishop
of Saldanha Bay was advised that he must revoke my license. I offered to return
my license rather than require that he take it from me."
Mpho and Marceline Tutu-van Furth, her wife, have been on honeymoon on the Indonesian island of Bali after holding a wedding party outside Cape Town earlier this month.
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