Saturday, August 6, 2011
Do you think men should be disallowed priesthood because of their ual orientation?
From a Catholic perspective, you mean? No, they should not. As long as being "fully aware of their commitment to celibacy" means that they fully intend to STAY celibate, then I don't believe that their ual orientation should matter. Naturally, you'll get people claiming that s are all child abusers and this is why there is 'so much' pedophilia amongst the clergy, etc., etc. MY major concern (if I were Catholic, which I'm not) would be how they would react to gay parishioners. If they intended to counsel gay Catholics who came to them that ual activity (rather than just orientation) was not a sin, then I would have a bigger problem with it (again, if I were a Catholic, which I'm not). I *think* the current Catholic Catechism would back me up, but I don't have any references for you, sorry.
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