Monday, December 10, 2018

Hmm …

… It’s hard to be gay and Catholic. It doesn’t have to be. - The Washington Post. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

If you say you’ll kick out any gay candidates, you don’t end up with no gay candidates. You end up with those gay candidates willing to lie or unwilling to admit their longings even to themselves. You end up with those gay people least likely to learn chastity in an all-male, high-pressure environment where they must keep their secret for as long as possible. It’s like a machine for destroying souls.
Gay or straight, if you want to be a priest, you have to promise to be celibate. Being gay is not a sin.

2 comments:

  1. Hi Frank, I have often wondered about the scriptural roots of this condition. Why deny a natural urge in the path to God? Especially since the Church has been hit with grave sex abuse allegations? Would it not make sense for the clergy to be allowed healthy sexual relationships?

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  2. There isn't any doctrinal basis for it actually. And parish priests only promise to remain celibate. They do not, as monks do, take a vow of celibacy. But monks have chosen a special way of life. Obviously, it was not that way in the beginning. Peter, we know, was married. Of course, a married clergy would need money to support wife and family. And these days, the church does allow Episcopal priests who have families to continue to be priests.

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