Gay Priests????
I had to chuckle when I saw this article in the New York Times:
Vatican to Check U.S. Seminaries on Gay Presence
I even forwarded the link to some friends with the comment, "the church is going to lose half of its priests." Ok, a little heavy on the sarcasm, but my personal philosophy is the Catholic church is a natural attraction for closet cases. If you are gay and cannot come to terms with it, you have a few options: 1) Marry a woman and live a lie, 2) Remain a bachelor your whole life (and have people constantly question your sexuality) or 3) Become a priest (where no one will question your sexuality. Accordingly, the church is a magnet to the guy who views this as the solution to their "problem."
I remember the priest of my parish back in St. Louis. The guy was queer as a three dollar bill. He would open his mouth and literally his purse, tiara, and heels would all fall out. Of course, the parish faithful just found him to be a very "gentle" man. My brother's partner (as you may recall my brother is gay also) loves to tell the story of how he dated a priest. His favorite line is how the guy would ask him to "not pick him up at the rectory."
Let's face it the church is full of homo's. Unfortunately, I think one of the sad outgrowths of this is the sexual abuse situations that have come to light. These guys are messed up in the head to begin with and repressing their entire sexual being, so, they do some horrible horrible things. Of course, I am not linking gay and sex offender here (as every gay man I know has no interest in little boys). Probably a more likely scenario is the church is also a magnet for sex offenders as well (especially in the past when they knew the church would cover it all up for them).
Whatever the case, I did find the article humorous. I converted to Catholicism
10 years ago, but have since wandered away from the faith (for obvious reasons). I love many aspects of the church, but cannot participate in a faith where we have some pretty fundamental disagreements regarding who I am and who I choose to sleep with.
Vatican to Check U.S. Seminaries on Gay Presence
I even forwarded the link to some friends with the comment, "the church is going to lose half of its priests." Ok, a little heavy on the sarcasm, but my personal philosophy is the Catholic church is a natural attraction for closet cases. If you are gay and cannot come to terms with it, you have a few options: 1) Marry a woman and live a lie, 2) Remain a bachelor your whole life (and have people constantly question your sexuality) or 3) Become a priest (where no one will question your sexuality. Accordingly, the church is a magnet to the guy who views this as the solution to their "problem."
I remember the priest of my parish back in St. Louis. The guy was queer as a three dollar bill. He would open his mouth and literally his purse, tiara, and heels would all fall out. Of course, the parish faithful just found him to be a very "gentle" man. My brother's partner (as you may recall my brother is gay also) loves to tell the story of how he dated a priest. His favorite line is how the guy would ask him to "not pick him up at the rectory."
Let's face it the church is full of homo's. Unfortunately, I think one of the sad outgrowths of this is the sexual abuse situations that have come to light. These guys are messed up in the head to begin with and repressing their entire sexual being, so, they do some horrible horrible things. Of course, I am not linking gay and sex offender here (as every gay man I know has no interest in little boys). Probably a more likely scenario is the church is also a magnet for sex offenders as well (especially in the past when they knew the church would cover it all up for them).
Whatever the case, I did find the article humorous. I converted to Catholicism
10 years ago, but have since wandered away from the faith (for obvious reasons). I love many aspects of the church, but cannot participate in a faith where we have some pretty fundamental disagreements regarding who I am and who I choose to sleep with.
posted by The Random Gay Guy at 2:03 PM
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