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The AP’s report continued: “Christopher Bellitto, a church historian and academic editor of the Paulist Press in New Jersey, said homosexual clergy have told him they are terrified they will be made scapegoats as the scandal drags on.

I don't get this. For priests who are truly living their vows of celibacy, it should be impossible to distinguish a "homosexual" from a nonhomosexual. It should be a non-issue.

The fact that they identify themselves as "homosexual" priests already indicates that the issue of sex is intruding on their spiritual lives, even if they are not engaging in the physical act of sodomy.

So what do the nuns have to say about all of this...havent heard much from them.

The fact that they identify themselves as "homosexual" priests already indicates that the issue of sex is intruding on their spiritual lives, even if they are not engaging in the physical act of sodomy.

I agree---how would the Church know who was homosexual and who was heterosexual at this point unless either of these groups has been engaging in sexual conduct contrary to their vows?

And if they have, they don't need to be priests any longer.

"“Today, those who defend allowing homosexuals into the priesthood point to the Church’s official teaching, which distinguishes between homosexual orientation (which the Church does not consider sinful) and homosexual acts (which the Catechism labels ‘grave depravity’). "

The fact that some clergy 'out themselves' is a tip that being homosexual is more important to them than being a priest.

The Wanderer has been out-front in pointing out problems in the 'Am-Church' for many years. For this, the paper is just about on the extinct list in local parishes. The number of priest deaths from aids was the tip of the iceberg. The Church is in denial like the captain of the Titanic.

I agree...you're either homosexual, heterosexual, or celibate chaste and true to your vows. Any Priest who identifies himself as homosexual should be laicized.

Homosexual Priests: A Time for Truth

"... The homosexual movement has a history of trying to claw its way into places its agenda doesn’t belong, not for the betterment of mankind, but simply to legitimize and normalize perverse behavior. This is apparent in the all-too-common need of homosexuals to declare their sexuality rather than simply do the job they sign on to do.
This is extremely detrimental—first, it creates conflict with others as most believe homosexuality to be wrong, and it shows that the full efforts of the employed homosexual are not going towards performing the task at hand but largely to declaring their lifestyle. When it comes to serious concerns such as the Church, schools, and the Boy Scouts that involve our children, we can’t take the risk of giving them this power to destroy the values we as parents try to instill, nor can we put our country’s welfare at stake by turning these pivotal foundational institutions and our military into homosexual social experiments.
The homosexual movement is marked by two major tendencies: the tendency to continually infiltrate all good aspects of society; and once they have achieved that, the tendency to destroy this good. Public education, the Boy Scouts, the military, and now the Catholic Church have been targeted, and all have been hurt by the effects of homosexuality. The media and the Church must break its silence towards this enemy. If they do not, the people themselves must rise up and expose it..."

Thanks for the article, but as I said on another thread..I think the battle on this issue has been lost before the war began.

Some people are discussing the utter chaos and damage that homosexuality has done...to marrige, to society, to the church. But homosexuals are too powerful. They are too well defended in the media.

When This...

is passed off as a legitmate "lifestyle," and not hedonism, unbridled lust, and debauchery, then we have lost.

“Homosexuality became in the American exchange of views a protected area,” said Clark, “and unfortunately . . . homosexual students were allowed to pass through seminaries. Grave mistake. Not because homosexuals in any way tend to criminality, but because it is a disorder.”

Sorry wrong answer! Sexual immorality is not a disorder, it is a perversion by choice!!!