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Bob Wolfe

1901 – 2005

American pastor

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About Bob Wolfe

Lived 1901 – 2005 (aged 103–104). Bob Wolfe was a lGBTQ rights activist.

Robert Wolfe was an American clergyman with the Metropolitan Community Church, most noted as the founding pastor of the Metropolitan Community Church of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Previously pastor of the church's congregation in Sacramento, California, he was assigned to head up a new Toronto congregation in 1973, and performed his first mass at the Toronto church on July 17, 1973.

In January 1974, he became noted for talking a young man out of committing suicide. The teenager, distraught over being gay, had climbed onto a beam outside the observation deck at Toronto City Hall and was threatening to jump, but Wolfe was called in and successfully counselled the young man back to safety. He used his acceptance speech to criticize the Toronto Star for its refusal to print an advertisement for the church;

Wolfe stepped down as pastor of MCC Toronto in 1978, and was succeeded by Brent Hawkes.

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Born
1901
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Died
2005

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Who was Bob Wolfe?

American pastor

When was Bob Wolfe born?

Bob Wolfe was born in 1901.

When did Bob Wolfe die?

Bob Wolfe died in 2005.

What was Bob Wolfe's occupation?

Bob Wolfe was a lGBTQ rights activist.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Bob Wolfe

· Wikidata: Q34250306

· DBpedia: Bob Wolfe (clergyman)

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