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The gay former Catholic priest who’s now a tattoo artist · PRIDE Daily

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  Speaker 1: Pride Daily. Hi there, I'm Kev McGrath. Coming up, a
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  Speaker 1: transgender Big Brother star gets engaged. First though, the gay
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  Speaker 1: former Catholic priest who's now a tattoo artist.
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  Speaker 2: Ever since I was a kid, I knew I was
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  Speaker 2: attracted to men and in the religious structure that I
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  Speaker 2: grew up in, that wasn't a possibility. I thought Maybe
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  Speaker 2: I should become a priest.
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  Speaker 1: Francis Palmquist talking about the ultra-conservative and controversial Society of
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  Speaker 1: St Pius X. He was ordained in 2016 in Minnesota
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  Speaker 1: in America, hoping it could help him get away from
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  Speaker 1: his sexuality. Spoiler alert. Well, you know. The 37-year-old packed
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  Speaker 1: it all in about a year and a half later,
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  Speaker 1: saying his mental health was wrecked. and he feels he
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  Speaker 1: made the right choice to quit the priesthood.
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  Speaker 2: After I left, I felt this immediate sense of peace.
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  Speaker 2: Being gay is being myself.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks to the Religion News Service. In his new life,
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  Speaker 1: Francis was inspired by a tattoo artist he met through
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  Speaker 1: his first boyfriend, saw it as a means of pursuing
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  Speaker 1: his love of art, and that's ultimately led to him
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  Speaker 1: running a successful studio in Pennsylvania. Ironically, he's now got
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  Speaker 1: religious tats all over his body and says he doesn't
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  Speaker 1: really understand why. Next, after gay Punjabi influencer Madh Sandhu
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  Speaker 1: was shot dead in India, police say it may have
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  Speaker 1: been a contract killing. Possible links to criminal gangs are
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  Speaker 1: being investigated, with two arrests made. We think Madh, who
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  Speaker 1: was also an LGBTQ plus activist and makeup artist, was
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  Speaker 1: about 30 years old. He was attacked by two men
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  Speaker 1: on a motorbike last Saturday in the northern city of Amritsar.
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  Speaker 1: Pride Daily. And transgender Big Brother UK housemate Zila Glasson
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  Speaker 1: has gotten himself engaged. The personal trainer, who was on
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  Speaker 1: the show last year, can be seen down on one
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  Speaker 1: knee on his Insta, proposing to Francesca, who he's been
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  Speaker 1: with for five years. Pop the question in Canada at
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  Speaker 1: Barrier Lake and says, the things I'll do for an
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  Speaker 1: Italian passport. No time to tell you that. It's South
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  Speaker 1: Africa's Pretoria Pride tomorrow. Plus, you've got the start of
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  Speaker 1: National Hate Crime Awareness Week in the UK. And Sunday
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  Speaker 1: is National Coming Out Day. There's more on our socials,
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  Speaker 1: I'll see you next week.