And I still say that Shea's writing shows vehement opposition to gay sex acts and the Gay Pride movement/ Gay activism , while at the same time shielding individuals from the serious injustices which are known as "rash judgment, slander and detraction."
Shea sometimes expresses himself with an impetuosity that invites exasperated questions (like, "'Very likely a saint'?? Wouldn't it be more prudent to say 'a man whose public virtues I admire and love, and whose private sex practices I do not know'?)
In the matter of Mr. Perry Lorenzo, Mark Shea is extravagantly lauding his virtues, and ignoring possible sinful acts because he frankly does not know whether the man committed them or not.
Extending the greatest possible charity of judgment in this matter may strike us as being naive, but it is not a fault like “assuming the worst.”
Once again, as Dr. Germain Grisez explains, while “Vatican II neatly formulates the prohibition against judging others: ‘God alone is the judge and searcher of hearts; for that reason he forbids us to make judgments about the internal guilt of anyone’..This norm..does not preclude judgments necessary for determining that one should try to dissuade others from committing sins or to encourage them to repent if they have sinned...the responsibility, stated precisely, is not to admonish sinners, but to admonish those who seem to be sinning. To evade this responsibility on the ground that one cannot fulfill it without being judgmental is to rationalize indifference and cowardice, rooted in the inadequacy of love of neighbor.” (Citing Gaudium et Spes, No. 28).
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