[sinkspur]

The big thing is the "IF" Maybe we tempt them with pretty women and the guys who behave normally we keep? :-).

Your facetious example proves my point. Bevilacqua will not be able to determine who is gay and who is straight.

Should a straight man, who admits a debauched life but who says he has reformed, be accepted into a seminary over a man who is effeminate but who has never been sexually active?

[irishjuggler]

Should a straight man, who admits a debauched life but who says he has reformed, be accepted into a seminary over a man who is effeminate but who has never been sexually active?

How about rejecting both?

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

Should a straight man, who admits a debauched life but who says he has reformed, be accepted into a seminary

Yes. That's how we got Father Corapi.

[RobbyS]

You don't find what you are NOT looking for. First set your goal. The problem is the shrinks are NOT looking for homosexual behavior because they don't think it is wrong! To them their professional knowedge is reality and the teachings of the Church is moonshine.(Ask the sobs!!!) I think it is the other way around. Modern psychology is founded on a false notion of human nature. As for your first remark, the word "gay" apples to all libertines. No rakes need apply either. When exceptions are made, we should be very clear what the situation is. If God has called a person of bad sexual habits to the priesthood, that person will find some way to serve. But we have been glossing over the matter.

[maica]

I do not remember which priest said it on a TV interview - after the Vatican meeting of the American Cardinals - but it made sense to me -

A homosexual is a man who defines himself by his sexual preference above all other facets of his life.It is this focus on his sexuality that would make him unsuitable. Heterosexuals do not put 'heterosexual' first on their identity list.

A candidate for the priesthood would not have to 'prove' that he is attracted to women. He would just be a 'man' who wanted to serve God in His ministry.