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The bishop is right, of course, in arguing that homosexual acts are sins. Jesus’ words about “lust in the heart” seem to indicate, however, that the bishop needs to rethink whether “same sex attraction” is also a sin.
Homosexuality is destructive, it kills, and it perverts the mind. These are reasons we can understand for God calling it a sin. There are probably other issues that we don’t see, but that God does see. Therefore, those things God calls sin are sin whether I understand it or not.
The bishop (and the Catholic Church) are only injuring themselves by trying to draw a distinction between priest who abuse children and those who abuse adolescents.
It sounds as if they are attempting to excuse sinful behavior. The bishop is entirely off base by bringing it up, and it plays very badly in the media and among those who support the church in its efforts to clean up its system.