A Dutch priest has left the Catholic Church because of his allergy to communion wafers:
Father Stefan van Dierendonck, 30, from Nijmegen, felt sick every time he took communion, reports De Morgen.
Tests revealed he was allergic to gluten - but the Catholic Church does not allow gluten-free wafers to be used for communion....
In 1998, he got special permission to use low gluten wafers but it didn't help.
He decided to leave the church after the Vatican advised him to see a psychiatrist: "That did it, I didn't want to choose between faith and health," he said.
It looks like the Vatican lost a high quality priest in that one.
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