[Orual]

Pope John Paul II says that to preserve itself, the Roman Catholic Church has to be much more careful not to let men with "deviations in their affections" enter the priesthood.

The correct descriptions, JP, are homosexuals and pedophiles. You have to be equally concerned about those deviants that are already in the priesthood and you need to make an unequivocal statement concerning getting them all out. Now. These tragically watered-down statements mean nothing.

[yendu bwam]

The correct descriptions, JP, are homosexuals and pedophiles. You have to be equally concerned about those deviants that are already in the priesthood and you need to make an unequivocal statement concerning getting them all out. Now. These tragically watered-down statements mean nothing.

I'm afraid that Orual is right. This statement was deliberately ambiguous, is subject to extensive interpretation, and is likely to be interpreted away (if not downright ignored) by many American bishops. I'm waiting for the priesthood to be de-Queerized and for my sons to be safe with Catholic priests. I am not all that hopeful.