I can’t believe what I am reading.
For one thing, it apparently is quoting some document or directive circulating under the authority of "the bishops," but it does not name or identify the document, tell when it was published, how and to whom it was distributed, or even specify which bishops, if any, were the actual authors.
The article implies that the statement might have come from the national bishops' conference, but the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England and Wales has no mention of it on their website. Hmm.
Were these guidelines about "not using demeaning language" part of a larger context which included complete and clear teaching of the moral doctrines of the Church and pastoral help for those struggling eith sexual disorders? Yes? No? You don't know from this article.
My own suspicion is that this is merely an information-thin but innuendo-laden hit piece, altogether too common in Birtish journalism.
Can anyone offer evidence to the contrary?