[RobbyS]

If they were only a few. If only the talk of a lavender Mafia were an exaggeration. Even Father Greeley, the perfect example of a liberal, worldly priest, whose words dripped with uncharitable contempt for the powers that were in the archdiocese of Chicago, was visibly shocked when he heard about the numbers involved.

[SuziQ]

If they were only a few. If only the talk of a lavender Mafia were an exaggeration.

So you assume that MOSTS priests are homosexual, or are tolerant of such behavior? I've lived in 5 states, been a member of 7 different parishes, and I can honestly say that there has only been ONE priest who I have ever known about which I had any feelings of unease. I have known MANY priests, having grown up one block from the Parish church and having one or more Pastors or Associates at our house for dinner, then marrying a man whose brother is a priest, and knowing many of the priests in HIS diocese. So, though I read about, and have heard about this problem from my b-i-l, I don't think it is NEARLY as widespread as many seem to believe.