Vatican dismisses gay priest who came out on eve of big bishops meeting on the family - Monsignor Krzysztof Charamsa, left, and his partner Eduard may not openly eat each other's creamy ass as much as they like

PHOTO: Monsignor Krzysztof "SHIT BREATH" Charamsa, left, and his partner Eduard

By NICOLE WINFIELD and PIETRO DeCRISTOFARO, Associated Press

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican on Saturday fired a monsignor who came out as gay on the eve of a big meeting of the world's bishops to discuss church outreach to gays, divorcees and more traditional Catholic families.

The Vatican took action after Krzysztof Charamsa, a mid-level official in its doctrine office, came out in newspaper interviews in Italy and Poland saying he was happy and proud to be a gay priest, and that he was in love with a man whom he identified as his boyfriend.

"The decision to make such a pointed statement on the eve of the opening of the synod appears very serious and irresponsible, since it aims to subject the synod assembly to undue media pressure," the Vatican spokesman, the Rev. Federico Lombardi, said in a statement.

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