The church is asking men who are pondering the priesthood to stop all homosexual relations for 3 years before becoming a priest. If you cannot as a man, stop yourself from having sexual relations with men for three years, than what the hell are you doing even thinking about becoming a priest in the first place. As everyone knows, you are to be celibate for LIFE! So if you are complaining about that guideline from the new Vatican Decree on homosexuality and the priesthood than good riddance to you!
The church is only asking of it's future clergy to wholly and fully abide by church doctrine. Homosexuality is deemed to be a sin by the catholic church. If you want to be a sinner that is your choice, if you want to be a priest than you must absolutely change your ways or do not become a priest. It is that simple!!!!!!
These rules only apply to those who are pondering the priesthood of the Catholic church, so who cares if gay activists or the media in general like it.
Whose to say that the church is not also dealing with those Bishop's who were responsible for the mishandling of the abuse cases in the first place. I am sure that the church is implementing procedures to make sure that this happens no more. The media picks and chooses what it likes to report, we all know that. They would love you to think that this measure is the only thing that they are doing.
I wish people would just stand back and keep themselves out of my religion! Especially the secular left media! I happen to think that this is a good step in weeding out possible abusers. As I said, if you cannot stop yourself from doing homosexual acts or even pondering them seriously for just three years than there is something wrong with the fact that you are trying to become a CELIBATE priest!
They are asking all men who are thinking about the seminary that if they have some idea about homosexual orientation, that before they are allowed to enter the diaconate, which is before they get to the priesthood, that they have gone three years without that problem.
Not practice.
Inclination.
Sometimes boys get a bit confused. This is to let those who honestly got confused about this as teens to get time to have their normal adult interests kick in.
If you practice, if you consider yourself gay, if you feel part of the gay culture, you are not wanted, no matter how long it's been since you've been celibate.
It's not saying if you are homosexual, if you can go three years without having sex you can get into the diaconate.