I went to a Jesuit high school in the 1970s and this article fits exactly with what I saw but did not fully understand at the time. At least half of the young new teaching priests then were distinctly of the "Liberace" mold.

An important point is that the sexual predation scandal currently rocking the Church is not really about pedophilia (sex with the prepubescent, 12 and under), but it is about the homosexual seduction of under age teens by priestly "chickenhawks".

The rest of the homo priests have kept quiet about it, because they benefit as a group from the chickenhawks' "recruitment" of new victims into the gay deathstyle.

The Catholic Church in America needs to confront directly its virtual takeover by active practicing homosexuals or it is finished.

The Catholic Church in America needs to confront directly its virtual takeover by active practicing homosexuals or it is finished.

Good Lord, Have mercy!! Don't get so upset! There is NO homosexual 'takeover' of the Church. There are some homosexual priests; they have come from these seminaries about which many Catholics already know. But the number of priest coming from these places has tapered off greatly over the years. The seminaries which are growing are the ones which have remained faithful to God and the Church's teachings. I have no doubt that what we're going through right now is God's way of shaking the nasty bits out and cleansing us for the future!

Allow me to inject a Lutheran perspective to this discussion. Although Lutheran pastors are allowed to marry and expected to marry, the liberal seminaries were taken over in the 1980's by the homosexual/lesbian activists. The gay activists were welcome and mentored by the faculty. When it seemed shocking at first that candidates might be lesbian or homosexual (women's ordination began in 1970 but really caught on much later), the graduating seniors were instructed in how to avoid direct questions. "I understand your question and share your concern about the seriousness of the issue."

Seminaries known for being liberal in the past turned into rainbow coalitions. A class about Luther became "How much of a male chauvinist pig was Luther?" Any non-PC statement was countered with fem-rage or homosexual hysteria.

I was long gone from the ELCA bunch but I can imagine the impact of these seminaries upon normal, heterosexual males. It was said over a decade ago that women graudating from ELCA seminaries were either divorced before they arrived or divorced by the time of their ordination.

Fellow freepers, you would think that the conservative Lutheran synods (Missouri Synod, Wisconsin Synod, ELS) would be nauseated by the pro-homosexual and pro-abortion ELCA pastors. But no, they love working together with ELCA on many different evangelism projects - especially evangelism!

I am glad the issue is coming out in the open, but remember, it is a pan-denominational issue, not just a Roman Catholic issue.

Here is the Lutheran homosexual/lesbian activist website:

Lutherans Concerned