Santiago, Chile, Jun 3, 2004 / 22:00 pm
The Secretary General of the Bishops Conference of Chile, Bishop Manuel Camilo Vial, expressed his support this week for the decision of the country’s Supreme Court to deny a judge custody of her three daughters after the woman left her husband for a lesbian lover.
The case of Judge Karen Atala attracted the attention of Chilean public opinion when she requested custody of her three children after separating from her husband and entering into a homosexual relationship.
Lower courts had sided with Atala, opening the door for her to gain custody and for the legal adoption of minors by homosexual couples.
The decision was appealed to the Supreme Court, which ruled on Tuesday against the lower court and granting full custody of the three children to the father.