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| Why Homosexuals Should Not Be Priests … From A Same-Sex Attracted Man |
| 2018-08-21 |
| [Daily Wire] Recent revelations of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church have sparked the age-old debate on whether or not the church should have an absolute ban on same-sex attracted men entering the seminary. As noted by Matt Walsh and other Catholic commentators, roughly 80% of the sexual abuse victims in the Catholic Church were male, many of them being postpubescent. Recently-ousted Cardinal Theodore McCarrick had sexual relations with both adult males and minors; far too often, he preyed on male seminarians entering the priesthood. In May of this year, Pope Francis went as far as to warn the Italian bishops about homosexual applicants seeking to join the priesthood and why they should not be allowed. His position followed that of Pope Benedict, who emphasized that men "who practice homosexuality, present deep-seated homosexual tendencies, or support the so-called ’gay culture’" could be denied entry into the priesthood. The 2005 Vatican instruction on the question of homosexuality and the priesthood also states: "The Church, while profoundly respecting the persons in question, cannot admit to the seminary or to holy orders those who practice homosexuality, present deep-seated homosexual tendencies or support the so-called ’gay culture.’" |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #10 Hasn't anyone even thought about refering to scripture? Of course not. |
| Posted by: Ebbavirt Clunk4147 2018-08-21 19:00 |
| #9 Rotten from history. It was Pope Leo X that got his rocks off to young boys leaping naked from cakes. |
| Posted by: Woodrow 2018-08-21 13:04 |
| #8 Totally ignored in this discussion so far is that there is a branch of the Roman Catholic church (Byzantine Rite) which allows priests to be married. It would be interesting to investigate how much of a problem aberrant sexual behavior has been in that part of the Church. My guess would be, very very little. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2018-08-21 13:02 |
| #7 I know a guy who finally admitted he was gay then shortly thereafter started down the road to becoming a priest, maybe going to escape his sexuality. Of course, often there will be a resurgence later. And he would be trapped in the priesthood with a bunch of choir boys and other kids with problems who don't know right from wrong . . . . |
| Posted by: gorb 2018-08-21 12:33 |
| #6 I won't even totally close my office door when meeting with a female subordinate. Sad that it's gotten that way |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-08-21 12:26 |
| #5 The Catholic Church could have saved itself a helluva lotta trouble by adopting the Boy Scouts rule that adult troop leaders are never to be alone with a child. Two or more children are OK. One child is not. It's pretty simple and there's really no excuse for doing it any other way. If you're never alone with a kid there can be no question of impropriety. If you are caught alone with a kid you lose your position. You don't get transferred, you get fired. |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2018-08-21 11:56 |
| #4 What one would call an enabling environment. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2018-08-21 10:21 |
| #3 Celibacy? If they're interested in little boys, marrying ain't going to solve the problem. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-08-21 08:12 |
| #2 Celibacy needs to be dropped. As I understand it as much religous reasons part of the reason for it's institution was to prevent positions in the church from being handed down in the family |
| Posted by: Cheaderhead 2018-08-21 06:37 |
| #1 I thought they are supposed to be celibate? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-08-21 02:21 |