[wagglebee]

I think you need to go back and re-read this. It seems to be an editorial by a Catholic laywoman and what you are taking issue with is her opinion and she is the one who tries to minimize the damage done by pedophile priests. (Of course, I've been known to be wrong.)

The bishop seems very forceful in his views that homosexuality is a sin both in thought and deed:

"As a priest and bishop, I have the responsibility before God and in the name of Jesus Christ to call all men and women to conversion, the first step of which is recognizing sinful activity for what it is. Sometimes that is not a comfortable thing to do, but it is always the compassionate thing to do."

[xzins]

You are right. There are actually 3 voice in that article. The author’s, Smith’s, and Archbishop Nienstedt’s. My quick reading did get the 3 a bit mixed up in terms of what was being advocated by whom.