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To: Gluteus Maximus

LOL. Nonsense. The Church is the only institution where chastity is the bar of admittance to clergy, and it is needed in the fallen society as such. Homosexuality among priests is a problem that has been largely resolved through better scrutiny in the seminaries.

I do call for Holy Inquisition to be sent to the US and other Western countries to eradicate fallen priests completely, and do it demonstrably in the historical paradigm of the Holy Church. But that cannot be done by a church that first surrendered its centuries-old discipline and then tries to fight from that changed premise.

What you do with yourself is your call. My advice is, however, penance.


35 posted on 05/29/2015 8:12:33 AM PDT by annalex (fear them not)
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To: annalex
Your experience is completely the opposite of mine. From what I can see the clergy is increasingly lavender. A friend of mine from Madison sent me a picture of the new seminarian class last year. Just looking at the picture it was clear they were all a tad light in the loafers. No, the RCC has a serious personnel policy problem. This isn't the Middle Ages where an ambitious young man would rise in the world in the military, the Royal bureaucracy, or the Church.

In modern society there are too many other ways up for a psychologically healthy, bright young man to make his way. Hence, the celibacy rule attracts gay men, because becoming a priest is (1) cover for their failure to marry, (2) provides a steady income and social acceptance to gay young men who tend largely to be socially maladjusted, (3) gives them power over others, which ultimately is what the whole queer thing is about.

You say that what is needed is "chastity." Swell. We agree. But what the world really urgently needs right now is a cohort of psychologically healthy young married men who preach and practice real Christian marriage. We won't get that so long as we have homosexuals preying on Catholic families, as was certainly my experience, as it was obviously in formerly Catholic Ireland.

You suggest repentance for me. Thank you. I'll try to take you up on it. May I make the same suggestion to you? Repent of clinging to the illusion - delusion - that this thing can be fixed. The wolves are in charge and they're preying on the sheep. They're not about to vote themselves out of ready access to fresh mutton. Embrace that reality with open arms, please.

I counsel a frank admission that it's broken beyond repair.

37 posted on 05/29/2015 8:27:02 AM PDT by Gluteus Maximus
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