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announced his retirement in 2012. After a round of input from various church bodies, Reinertsen remained as a candidate together with Anne-May
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In 2013, Reinertsen was among a minority of four bishops who opposed a proposal to allow gay marriages in the Church of Norway, as well as opposing a compromise of allowing church blessing of gay couples who have married secularly. The church's national council has the final say on the issue.
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Linda Verdal leaving the church in protest. In subsequent interviews, Reinertsen underlined that subordinate priests in the diocese were free to follow their own conscience on the issue and he would not discourage them from marrying divorced persons.
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Reinertsen is married and has three grown children. As bishop, he lives in an apartment in the centre of
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that a bishop in the Church of Norway was appointed by a body of the church and not by the
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while four preferred
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in Oslo in 1986. After finishing practical theological studies, he was consecrated as a pastor of the Church of Norway in the
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Holbek, Jan Arild; Eikeland, Martin (7 December 2012).
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In 1988, Reinertsen worked as a military chaplain in
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