[HamiltonJay]

The decision in the 1960s to allow homosexuals into the priesthood is what is at the root of all this.. good intentions, let them in if not practicing.. this allowed Satan directly into the church... and sadly now these folks are in positions of power to protect one another.

[Antoninus]

The decision in the 1960s to allow homosexuals into the priesthood is what is at the root of all this.. good intentions, let them in if not practicing.. this allowed Satan directly into the church... and sadly now these folks are in positions of power to protect one another.

Very true. But the Vatican had nothing to do with this--in fact, John XXIII issued a dictat saying NO HOMOS very clearly. The Anglophone bishops in particular disregarded that mandate. And here their countrymen blame the Vatican for not stamping out the very deviant behaviors that they now tolerate at home and tolerated among their own local priests.