Desmond Tutu’s pastor daughter marries lesbian lover
Daughter of Nobel Peace Prize recipient Archbishop Desmond Tutu has tied the knot with her lesbian sweetheart.
Mpho Tutu, is the youngest daughter of Archbishop Desmond and his wife Leah Tutu.
Mpho Tutu is also an ordained Episcopal priest and is currently the executive director of the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation.
She was previously married to Joseph Burris and has two children.
She’s now married to Dutch lesbian lover Marceline van Furth. The duo were joined in a small private ceremony at the Netherlands, last Wednesday.
Marceline van Furth is a professor in Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the Vrije University in Amsterdam and holds the Desmond Tutu Chair in Medicine at the university.
The couple plan on hosting another ceremony in Cape Town this year, reports say.
Desmond Tutu, himself an anti-homophobia advocate, reportedly attended his daughter’s wedding..
