[papertyger]

What priest do you know that received in such a state?

Yeah, thought so.

[Sherman Logan]

I'm a little vague on Catholic doctrine in this area, but as I understand it: A ephebophile or homosexual (or actively heterosexual) priest can confess and receive Communion.

Rinse and repeat as necessary.

Is there something in doctrine that allows a priest to refuse absolution if the sin is ongoing, and the one confessing apparently intends to repeat the sin indefinitely?

[WaterBoard]

I can literally named hundreds of priests who were in a conscious state of mortal sin yet continued to say Mass.

The most recent hypocrite is Father Michael Manning was just recently outed publicly for having a decades long sexual affair with his cousin, ewww. Yet, he still had the gall to have a TV ministry and counseled people on marriage.