ROME (AP) — A Roman
Catholic archbishop and his South Korean wife met for the
first time in three weeks Wednesday, just days after the
archbishop said he was leaving the woman and returning to the
church.
Emmanuel Milingo and Maria Sung met at a Rome hotel, the
Italian news agencies ANSA and AGI reported, citing Sung's
spokesman.
The two were married May 27 in New York by the Rev. Sun
Myung Moon in a group wedding that outraged the Vatican, which
was already incensed by Milingo's exorcisms and faith
healings.
Sung, 43, hadn't heard from the 71-year-old Milingo since
Aug. 8, the day after the archbishop met with the Pope John
Paul II in a bid to avert his threatened excommunication for
having gotten married.
Last week, Milingo announced he had left Sung, telling
national television that he had embraced the pope's appeal to
return to the Catholic Church and keep his vow of priestly
celibacy.
Sung said at the time she didn't believe him and suggested
that he had been drugged. She has been on a hunger strike for
16 days to press her demand that the Vatican let her see
Milingo face-to-face.
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