[Notwithstanding]

What the Media Has Kept Quiet:

Catholic Church said to be struggling to keep homosexuals out

The head of the US episcopal conference Wilton Daniel Gregory said there was an ongoing struggle within the Catholic Church to ensure that the priesthood is not "dominated by homosexual men".

Gregory and Chicago Archbishop, Cardinal Francis George, told reporters that the issue of homosexual priests had been discussed in a solemn morning meeting between Pope John Paul II and US cardinals on the issue of paedophile priests.

"It is an ongoing struggle. It is most importantly a struggle to make sure that the Catholic priesthood is not dominated by homosexual men," Gregory told a news conference after the first session of talks which are to last until Wednesday.

"Not only that it is not dominated by homosexual men, but that the candidates we receive are healthy in every possible way, psychologically, emotionally, spiritually, intellectually."

"That is the ongoing concern of seminaries."

[ventana]

Stealth is something these people will try. V's wife.

[montag813]

HOW DARE THEY DISCRIMINATE! THIS IS ABOUT CELIBACY, NOT HOMESEXUALITY. REPEAT. THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HOMESEXUALITY! THERE IS NOTHING TO SEE HERE. THESE AREN'T THE DROIDS YOU'RE LOOKING FOR. MOVE ALONG.

[concerned about politics]

6:00 world news just showed a priest that met in Rome saying the priesthood is dominated by homosexual men. This is good news. Finally, there's light within the church!

[MonroeDNA]

When this whole scandal dies down in a couple of years, and people have been exposed and expelled, I want to see the facts, in numbers.

I want to see what the total number of priests expelled due to sex with anybody underage. Then I want to see the number of priests expelled for having sex with teenage girls, teenage boys, girls under 12, and boys under 12.

I will make a nice little pie chart, showing visually the proportions.

My guess is that the percentage of expulsions by priests who had sex with teenage boys will be 90% of the total.

Wonder if USA Today will put this little pie chart on their front page? And monkeys might fly out of my butt.

[history_matters]

A ping for Cardinal Bevilacqua and Philadelphia.

"A candle is never diminished by the darkness. Take heart." -- Cardinal Bevilacqua.

[BlessedBeGod]

Further, St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, the archdiocesan school for priests, summarily expels any seminarian found to be homosexually active.

St. Charles has "zero tolerance" of homosexual activity, Msgr. Burbidge said, and his 162 seminarians are instructed to report any violations.

I believe this is where Mother Angelica sends her seminarians !

[uncbob]

Well there is at least one cardinal who has his act together

[Cindy]

Frankly, I cannot understand the "struggle" the Catholic church is having keeping out sexual deviants. The Bible is very clear on the subject of adultery, homosexuality, and other immoral sex acts. Here is a very easy to understand web site link that explains clearly and briefly what the Bible says about homosexuality. Share this info with anyone who has not read the Bible and/or doesn't understand the Bible.

BIBLE ANSWERS: "HOMOSEXUALITY"

[Bob J]

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[Brian Kopp DPM]

Further, St. Charles Borromeo Seminary, the archdiocesan school for priests, summarily expels any seminarian found to be homosexually active.

St. Charles has "zero tolerance" of homosexual activity, Msgr. Burbidge said, and his 162 seminarians are instructed to report any violations.

Sink, here's at least a partial answer to the question you have been asking on all these threads, and I would bet much money that their graduated priests have a far far lower percentage of pederasty than the national average. Comments?

[EdReform]

BTTT

[Coleus]

Gay=AIDS

[ThomasMore]

some leading conservatives in the church have urged that all seminaries screen out homosexual candidates for the priesthood.

They may find out that they need to first screen and then weed-out the homosexual rectors and directors of the seminaries. These are the front line leaders who have allowed this to take place. Shake 'em up at the top...it'll trickle down for sure!