You don't think he lied do you?
Remember, this is being reported in the:
Posted on 09/26/2014 6:24:15 PM PDT by marshmallow
In light of recent firings of gays and lesbians from Catholic institutions, Benjamin Brenkert has left the Catholic church after 10 years of pursuing priesthood in the Jesuit order.
"I can't be a Jesuit priest because I can't be a member of the Catholic church right now," Brenkert told NCR. "I can't be an openly gay Jesuit discerning priesthood in the Catholic church if LGBT employees are being fired from Catholic institutions."
Brenkert said the last straw for him was when a food pantry worker was fired from St. Francis Xavier Parish in Kansas City, Mo., after her marriage to a woman was mentioned in a local newspaper article.
Upon his decision to leave the church, Brenkert wrote an open letter to Pope Francis, explaining both why he was leaving the Jesuits, and what he wants the pope to do in order to save his vocation to the church.
The letter, obtained by NCR and posted by other religion news outlets online, states, "I ask you to instruct the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops to tell Catholic institutions not to fire any more LGBTQ Catholics. I ask you to speak out against laws that criminalize and oppress LGBTQ people around the globe. These actions would bring true life to your statement 'Whom am I to judge?' "
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Lawsuit to follow.
Go become a Bishop at any Lutheran, Episcopalian, Unitarian or whatever.
My daughter’s Jesuit high school brought in an openly homosexual Jesuit priest as principal. He minced instead of walking, wore long scarves, had a dog that he was inordinately fond of, became good friends with a cohort of boys and drove a number of families away
Goodbye, Jebbie! The Order will be the better w/o you.
opening the door to homosexual priests led to the pedophile scandal. Good that he’s gone as he prolly wasn’t a practicing Catholic just a gay who wanted to infiltrate the priesthood.
You don't think he lied do you?
Remember, this is being reported in the:
At least he got that part right.
The article doesn’t reveal a few key facts. How and where was this guy “in the Jesuits” for 10 years?
Give me (and God) a break.
Queer, you are a practicing abomination.
Perhaps we might not be as far along as we are in the so-called gay union issue had not the Catholic church been harboring this priest and others like him who was so adept at "serving as an open homosexual."
Whatever is that supposed to infer, the guy is "acting out his proclivities" or wishes to?
At the end of the article it appears the Episcopalians have inherited him.
But I wonder about this part: "He minced instead of walking, wore long scarves, had a dog that he was inordinately fond of" etc. Scarves, pets, and a less-than-virile stride do not constitute problematic homosexual behaviors.
If he crossed physical or emotional boundaries with boys, that's a different story enrtirely: he should not be buddying-up to them, taking them on long rides in his car or overnights, doing PDA's ("here's a big hug!"), forming inappropriate out-of-school friendships, contacting them via Facebok or Twitter, texting, etc.
I think part of the problem is that we have a hard time defining what is a red flag (or should I say "rainbow flag")--- like being Father Huggy Bear with boys OR girls --- and what is not.
Men that seem a little effeminate to you ("long scarf", sashaying walk) might be more emotionally sound, more chaste and more holy than some Father Macho who has God-knows-what extracurricular activities on the side.
The Lord loves thym but I feel better when they’re not around.
What a scumbag
If he can can’t handle God’s clear commandments, which include not having sex with other men, he shouldn’t be a priest.
Yes, after the pedophile scandals, the Church is supposed to be rooting people like this out before letting them into seminary. Obviously, he cannot make a vow to be celibate.
Not any Lutheran — like my conservative Missouri Synod Lutheran!
He’s either a homo or he’s Catholic. He has to choose. He chose homo. I hope he loves hell, I’m sorry to say that is where he is going.
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