TAARBAEK, Denmark — A Danish priest who was suspended after he said he no longer believed in God has been reinstated, but his bishop promised to monitor him more closely. Thorkild Grosboel, a Lutheran in the town of Taarbaek north of Copenhagen, was suspended on June 3 when he told a newspaper that there is “no heavenly God, there is no eternal life, there is no resurrection.”
Bishop Lise-Lotte Rebel of the Helsingoer Diocese told the Associated Press Grosboel “has apologized for his comments that caused doubts about the church’s confession of faith.” The bishop met with Grosboel several times and asked hiim to apologize. It was not clear whether Grosboel had to recant his belief. Though just 5 percent of Denmark’s 5.3 million people attend church regularly, 85 percent of its population belongs to the Lutheran Church.
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