Marja-Sisko Aalto (born Olli-Veikko Aalto; July 29, 1954) is a Finnish transsexual priest of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland who has been the vicar of the Imatra parish since 1986^[1].

In November 2008 Aalto told to the media that he is a male-to-female transsexual and will have a sex-change operation. This caused a great controversy in the Chuch. The bishop of Mikkeli, Voitto Huotari, commented that there is no juridical obstacle for Aalto contuing as a vicar, but that there will be problems.^[1]

In 2009 almost 600 members broke away from the Imatra parish^[2]. In November 2009 Aalto returned to the job of vicar after spending a year on leave. In March 2010 Aalto requested to be allowed to resign^[3].

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} http://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/artikkeli/1135241007244
2. ↑ http://www.hs.fi/kotimaa/artikkeli/1135251932118
3. ↑ http://yle.fi/alueet/etela-karjala/2010/03/marja-sisko_aalto_eroaa_virastaan_1532508.html

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