Mpho Tutu is the daughter of Leah and Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
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10 Facts About Mpho Tutu
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Mpho Tutu coauthored two books with her father, and a biography about him with journalist Allister Sparks.
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Mpho Tutu was ordained in 2003, but due to the regulations of the Anglican Church of South Africa, she was not permitted to function as a priest in the church after marrying a woman in 2015.
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Mpho Andrea Tutu was born in London to Nomalizo Tutu, a South African activist, and Desmond Tutu, an Anglican bishop.
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Mpho Tutu received her master's degree from Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and after her ordination she began preaching at the historic Christ Church in Alexandria, Virginia.
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Mpho Tutu has been an outspoken advocate for the importance of forgiveness.
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Mpho Tutu made news for forgiving the murderer of her housekeeper in 2012.
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In 2015, Mpho Tutu married Marceline van Furth, a Dutch professor of medicine, and moved to Amstelveen in the Netherlands.
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Desmond Mpho Tutu stated that he was "as passionate about [the campaign against homophobia] as I ever was about apartheid".
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Mpho Tutu had previously been married to Joseph Burris, with whom she had two children.
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