Protesters gather outside St. Joseph the Worker Church on March 17, 2024, in Beal City, Mich., in response to a priest's criticism of a gay author who read a book at a parish school.

A Catholic priest has resigned as pastor of a church in a small mid-Michigan community, the result of weeks of controversy following his publicly expressed regret that a gay author had read a book ...

Protesters gather outside St. Joseph the Worker Church on March 17, 2024, in Beal City, Mich., in response to a priest’s criticism of a gay author who read a book at a parish school.

A Catholic priest has resigned as pastor of a church in a small central Michigan community, the result of weeks of controversy following his publicly expressed regret that a gay author had read a ...

Gay rights activists and others have held regular protests outside St. Joseph the Worker Church in Beal City, 85 miles (136.7 kilometers) north of Lansing, the state capital.

Gay rights activists and others have held regular protests outside St. Joseph the Worker Church in Beal City, 85 miles (136.7 kilometers) north of Lansing, the state capital.

FILE - A gay pride rainbow flag flies along with the U.S. flag in front of the Asbury United Methodist Church in Prairie Village, Kan., on April 19, 2019.

A Catholic priest has resigned as pastor of a church in a small central Michigan community, the result of weeks of controversy following his publicly expressed regret that a gay author had read a ...

BEAL CITY, Mich. (AP) — A Catholic priest has resigned as pastor of a church in a small central Michigan community, the result of weeks of controversy following his publicly expressed regret ...