2009-09-09 15:38
Sex- change choirmaster sacked
Organist claims 'no explanation' for cathedral's move
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(ANSA) - Lecce, September 9 - A Catholic choirmaster who was sacked
after changing sex says he's still waiting for an explanation from the
cathedral in the southern Italian city of Lecce.
''They gave me the boot without any explanation, beating about the
bush without coming out with the real reason,'' said Marco Della
Gatta, who decided to change his name to Luana Ricci last year and is
waiting for an operation.
Della Gatta had been organist and choirmaster at Lecce Cathedral for
18 years until his August 31 sacking.