This sickening hypocrisy will continue as long as we restrict holy orders to men who are willing to forswear marriage and family, probably because of complete disinterest in either. Unfortunately, this is unlikely to happen as the lavender mafia controls the hierarchy, and there are also laypeople who are stuck in some type of mindset that marital intercourse is somehow unclean. I remember hearing a lady saying she would be horrified to think of the priest's consecrated hands touching his wife's body; all I could think is that there are far worse things those consecrated hands could be touching. It seems to me that the Latin Rite, in its current state, is the best advertisement for Eastern Orthodoxy. I am sure they have problems, but I cannot imagine it would be anything this brazen.
There are enough examples of Protestant ministers engaging in perverse sexual activity to question whether the lack of marriage in the clergy is the driving factor.
Protestant ministers do not visit other men’s wives and daughters alone in a dark room to talk about their sexual fantasies, much less while trying to be celibate. The priesthood is incompatible with human nature, for all but exceptional cases. If anyone claimed to have accomplished what I just described without sinning, you would be a fool for believing them. Unless they’re called “Father”?
A guy recently "came out" after being married for 30 years with 4 kids. He was feted by the media for being "so brave". I don't think the issue will be solved by allowing priests to marry.
The large number of gay clergy in the Roman Catholic priesthood is not a secret. This is nothing new, and has been going on for centuries. I saw it firsthand during my three years in seminary. But the issue is not gay priests, but rather celibacy itself and the hypocrisy that goes with it. I happen to believe very, very few men are cut out for a lifetime without sex. Celibacy is simply unrealistic, and as long as the Church maintains this requirement, the priest shortage will continue in many parts of the world.
Bullshit. If celibacy is the requirement and you KNOW it’s the requirement when you join but you CAN’T be celibate, you have no business in the priesthood.
I agree with you 100%. What is “unrealistic” is the requirement. But as long as that is the requirement, if you can’t keep your vows then you shouldn’t be a priest.
No, and he doesn't believe in hell either, apparently. Let's hope he discovers how real Jesus mercy and forgiveness are before he discovers how real hell is.
I'm a Lutheran, but I take no joy in this. I have too many Roman relatives to laugh about it. Rome really has to work on this problem. Back in the 80's I read an article by a then popular lay-catholic writer named Hitchcock and he blamed the problem on the psychological tests done on Catholic seminary applicants. He thought that manly men were being excluded from the priesthood by the shrinks in favor of more, shall we say, wispy effeminate types.
Well Cannon Law is superior to our secular law. Get caught with sodomy once, thrown out of the order forever. Secular law would give this guy another chance without any shame.
It is disheartening to learn of such blatant debauchery within the ranks of Church leaders and pastors.
I know our Lord uses evil to obtain a greater good but this institutional evil cries out for divine chastisement.
Christ have mercy.
Hmmm, do something stupid….get caught….blame the method by which you were caught….not the wrong act itself….
Bad choices have consequences and mostly, those consequences are foreseeable. This was foreseeable.
It’s like making a bet at a roulette wheel and then despite knowing the uncertain nature of your choice….blaming the wheel when you lose…
Can’t express how much I wish this were sedevacantist satire
He should be involuntarily laicized. Nobody needs him; he contributes nothing.
Thought this was Babylon Bee for a minute
When does he get defrocked?
….is it bad I laughed?
This sickening hypocrisy will continue as long as we restrict holy orders to men who are willing to forswear marriage and family, probably because of complete disinterest in either. Unfortunately, this is unlikely to happen as the lavender mafia controls the hierarchy, and there are also laypeople who are stuck in some type of mindset that marital intercourse is somehow unclean. I remember hearing a lady saying she would be horrified to think of the priest's consecrated hands touching his wife's body; all I could think is that there are far worse things those consecrated hands could be touching. It seems to me that the Latin Rite, in its current state, is the best advertisement for Eastern Orthodoxy. I am sure they have problems, but I cannot imagine it would be anything this brazen.
There are enough examples of Protestant ministers engaging in perverse sexual activity to question whether the lack of marriage in the clergy is the driving factor.
Protestant ministers do not visit other men’s wives and daughters alone in a dark room to talk about their sexual fantasies, much less while trying to be celibate. The priesthood is incompatible with human nature, for all but exceptional cases. If anyone claimed to have accomplished what I just described without sinning, you would be a fool for believing them. Unless they’re called “Father”?
I can tell you get your information on the Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) from reading Jack Chick tracts.
What does marriage have to do with it? He was on Grindr… seems to me, a marriage was not in the cards for him, even if it was allowed.
It's unknown whether the priesthood was the cause or effect of his homosexuality (or unrelated), so we cannot conclude he would have never married.
A guy recently "came out" after being married for 30 years with 4 kids. He was feted by the media for being "so brave". I don't think the issue will be solved by allowing priests to marry.
Please Grindr, expose all these perverts so we can get rid of them.
It's a cancer on the Church. I don’t see it getting better given the bumper crop of old gay bishops running the place.
The large number of gay clergy in the Roman Catholic priesthood is not a secret. This is nothing new, and has been going on for centuries. I saw it firsthand during my three years in seminary. But the issue is not gay priests, but rather celibacy itself and the hypocrisy that goes with it. I happen to believe very, very few men are cut out for a lifetime without sex. Celibacy is simply unrealistic, and as long as the Church maintains this requirement, the priest shortage will continue in many parts of the world.
Bullshit. If celibacy is the requirement and you KNOW it’s the requirement when you join but you CAN’T be celibate, you have no business in the priesthood.
I agree with you 100%. What is “unrealistic” is the requirement. But as long as that is the requirement, if you can’t keep your vows then you shouldn’t be a priest.
When I read of this conduct by our priests, it’s like the floor drops out. I have to quickly turn away.
Silly man! So he wanted to be a bishop, did he? Does he even believe in Jesus Christ?
No, and he doesn't believe in hell either, apparently. Let's hope he discovers how real Jesus mercy and forgiveness are before he discovers how real hell is.
You CAN’T satirize this.
I'm a Lutheran, but I take no joy in this. I have too many Roman relatives to laugh about it. Rome really has to work on this problem. Back in the 80's I read an article by a then popular lay-catholic writer named Hitchcock and he blamed the problem on the psychological tests done on Catholic seminary applicants. He thought that manly men were being excluded from the priesthood by the shrinks in favor of more, shall we say, wispy effeminate types.
Well Cannon Law is superior to our secular law. Get caught with sodomy once, thrown out of the order forever. Secular law would give this guy another chance without any shame.