The parish priest in Kautokeino, who warned against homosexuality, abortion, and divorce in his confirmation speech, is no longer allowed to give lectures to confirmands.
In his speech to the confirmands (in their young teens between 14 and 15 years old ) on August 23, parish priest Bjarne Gustad warned that same-sex marriage was against God’s creative order and that Norway has a «wicked law» that makes it legal to have an abortion, among other things, Norway Today reports.
After the the priest speech, the reaction from parish reached the Bishop and the priest conformation duties for young teens was terminated by the Bishop for 2020 and 2021, Norway Today reports and referring to reports from local newspaper Altaposten. Having these views in 2020 within the Norwegian People’s church (Den Norske Kirke) are considered as extreme right-wing views in Norway.