What the a hole has done is brought discredit upon the Church’s teachings and thus ought be bounced. Gay means active homosexual and unrepentant.
Should not be leading children, teens, and adults seeking to be chaste....which means almost all of us in the Church....except the one parishioner interviewed, assuming she just agrees with him and wasn’t already tainted by his sinful logic.
Absolutely. We all have secret (and sometimes not-so-secret) desires, longings, wishes. Just because I would like to speed, cheat on my taxes, cheat on my spouse, lie or steal, it doesn't mean that that's the sort of person I am (and not so only by God's grace, btw).
On the other hand, if I continually announce in word and deed that I speed, cheat on my taxes or spouse, etc., then it is the sort of person I am, and that should disqualify me from being a driving instructor, tax accountant, marriage counselor, etc.
Excellent point.
The act of identifying itself is an indication of being unrepentant.
Had he said that he struggled with the sin, that would be different. But he said he was gay. Even followed it with “period”. It is his self professed identity.