Vatican City (AFP) - Pope Francis has met a Spanish transsexual and
his fiancée at the Vatican, opening his doors to a man dubbed "the
devil's daughter" by a local priest, media reports said Tuesday.
Diego
Neria Lejarraga met the pontiff on Saturday after writing to him in
December to complain he was being treated as an outcast in his parish in
Plasencia in western Spain, according to the Spanish daily Hoy.
The
48-year old, who has undergone sexual reassignment surgery, told
Francis in the letter that he was treated poorly by parishioners and one
priest had even called him "the devil's daughter."
The Argentine
pontiff, known for calling people unannounced, rang Lejarranga on
Christmas Eve and set up the meeting, which took place on Saturday but
was kept off the official calendar, the report said.
The Vatican would neither deny nor confirm the meeting took place.
Officially
the Church does not recognise sex changes but its current leader has
urged it to show greater compassion towards sections of society which
have felt excluded from its embrace, most notably when he said of
homosexuals, "Who am I to judge?"
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