The guy was finishing his PHD and was going to be sent by the Church to run some African school.
The priest was very well educated and was from there, so I figure he must know something of what he was talking about.
He does consider AIDS in general just a plague that lowers the human populations.
That continents had them before and we will get others again as he sees it.
Priest may have a soft spot in his heart for male on male anal intercourse as well or he may just simply not be wise to the practices and deceptions of wicked mankind.
I like the statement in the article we were both copied: "AIDS research is being done by first rate scientists using 2nd rate science in third world countries."
AIDS research often has deception built into it because it is a political disease (as others have noted).