The fact is, this young man's disease and the disability it has caused him is tragic, and while I can understand the carnal desire of the flesh (because I'm human too, just like we all are), what this young man chose to do is (or should have been) between him, whoever chose to engage in any sexual act(s) with him, and his God, however he perceives Him.
I think it would have been far better for everyone to have kept this a private matter, there is enough sexual excess trumpeted in the media every hour on the hour without putting this young man's situation on display. Even if he wanted to talk about it, a wiser newspaper editor would have said 'Son, I'm glad for you that you won't die a virgin, but consider keeping the story of this to yourself, not out of shame, but out of respect for yourself, your parents, your family and friends, and for others in your position who might not make the same decision you made'.
Will God forgive him?
Of course He will, the Forgiveness of Christ is universal for all who come to Him, confess Him as Lord, and turn their lives over to Him. As has already been posted in this thread, Jesus forgave prostitutes, tax collectors, thieves, every sort of failed human who came to Him, but the critical part of His Forgiveness was that He would always say 'Your sins are forgiven, go and sin no more'.
I hope this young man will pay as ardent attention to his spiritual state as he has to his physical desires, which have now at least been met *once*.
God be with him.
I agree with your post and was thinking the same thing. Why is this being blabbed to the media? And for the Church to be involved and then apparently not care about it being made public seems bizarre.
I share your views here.