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Network for HIV-positive clerics launched
09 September 2004. IRIN PlusNews. Republished courtesy of IRIN PlusNews.
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An HIV-positive South African priest has co-founded a network to provide "non-judgemental" support for religious leaders living with HIV/AIDS.
The Rev Jape Heath, who was diagnosed in 2000 with HIV/AIDS, said his feelings of "intense loneliness and isolation" had helped to spur the formation of the African Network of Religious Leaders Living with HIV/AIDS.
The network he has since set up with a Ugandan priest has embraced all faiths because "HIV can be bigger than the church but not bigger than God", Heath said.
The network now has 500 members in eight African countries, South Africa's Sunday Times reported.
This item is delivered to the English Service of the United Nations' Humanitarian Information Unit but, may not necessarily reflect the views of the UN |
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