I can’t see how this achieves anything. So what if a priest is a homosexual? So long as he remains celibate, what’s the beef? So long as he isn’t a pedophile, so what? I simply cannot understand this silliness. I have absolutely no idea if homosexuality is nature or nurture. I personally knew a kid who was ABSOLUTELY out of the womb that way. His parents in no way encouraged him to play with Barbies or walk with a wiggle any girl would admire. Are others simply choosing a lifestyle? I don’t know, and I don’t care. Whichever it is, don’t be a slut. Consecrated life is just that — consecrated. Marriage is a vocation between consenting and able adults for the purpose of providing for children. Do I think gays should have all the other rights afforded to good friends and lovers — you betcha’. Do I think anyone has the right to keep two consenting adults apart — no way. Does this in anyway have anything to do with being a priest? Not even in the same galaxy.
You ought ought to se the problem: gays priest are subject to blackmail. They can be intimidated into not preaching Christ. I will stand with any gay priest who stands with the Church, but many will not. In many respects, though, they are no worse than priests ,who are secretly unbelievers When they are tested they betray the Church. Those of the order of Judas.