If he’s celibate... it’s irrelevant.
If he’s celibate... it’s irrelevant.
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It should be, but I have seen a few too many swishy priests, and it’s off-putting. A priest should be a role model for masculinity, even as a celibate.
OTOH, I knew one priest who might have been gay, but he was not effeminate, and I have no reason to think he was not celibate. He was a good priest. And I am sure there are good priests who have experienced homosexual attraction.
One difficulty the Church faces is that while She calls all people to chastity, some men with homosexual desires may take the required celibacy as a call to the priesthood, or the priesthood as a refuge from those desires.