[NYer]

 Humm also indicated that the gay priests he interviewed for his report don’t expect to be purged, because most bishops are "if nothing else, ‘protective of their priests’. . . . In order to be a bishop, [one gay priest] said, you need a highly developed capacity for denial.

Great post, Antoninus. The above statement is a good reflection of the homosexual subculture in the catholic church. Good example of this would be the St. Elizabeth story that appeared in the New York Times this week ... and it didn't involve sexual abuse. Like the others, I plan to write to Bishop B. to show my support.

There is something more we can do .... right now! The vatican plans to visit the US seminaries sometime this year. We need to find out who will be conducting the investigations and bombard them with letters and/or email. There are some excellent letter writers on this forum ... who wants to compose the first letter?

[RobbyS]

You may have a hard time getting hold of their addresses. The clergy likes to show inspector Potemkin villages for Vatican dignataries.