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To: iranger
I think those of us who expect that through this crisis we will end up with a Catholic Church that is poorer,purer,stronger and perhaps,smaller,need to be very careful about how we deal with this subject.

We can not judge another based on what we think they believe or what we think they look like.Some of the ruggedest,handsomest men I know are total narcissists and often sexually use men and/or women to satisfy their need for adulation and admiration.There are also many men who appear to be somewhat effeminate who are not in the least inclined to homosexuality.

Please do not think I am recommending no action because I think all priests who are known to have/or have had a homosexual house mate must go,all priests who do not present the Church teaching on the sin of homosexuality from the pulpit and from the podium and in ordinary conversations must go. Certainly,the parishioners can be told the parts of Church teaching which require that we treat them kindly needs to be stressed but any priest who gives the Church teaching and then follows with his own opinion,if its contrary to Church teaching must also go. And every priest needs to sermonize on sexual sins at least once a year.

If the bishops were smart they would immediately set up a committee of men like Father Fessio,Father Harvey,Father Neuhaus,Father McClosky to determine a policy that would come up with criteria and objective standards to be used by seminaries and bishops to assure that homosexuals are not ordained to the priesthood or admitted to the seminaries. This template could also be used to determine which previously ordained priests need to lose their faculties,or whatever.The quicker they do this the more chance we have of righting the wrongs before more damage is done.

Personally,I think just declaring that "I am a celibate man who has taken a vow to be chaste so I may best serve God and His people on earth." and kept/keeps his vow is all we need. When one insists on digging too far,even in our own lives,we can find things that might preclude any of us taking any vows ever.Please lets lobby for a committee of holy,intelligent Catholic men to come up with a plan and procedure to be used to ensure this doesn't happen again for a long,long time.

Has anyone else noticed how corrupt bishops are also consistently disobedient to the Holy Father and the Magisterium. That is the plan of the enemy "dis'the Pope ad corrupt the clergy and the Church will be destroyed".

27 posted on 04/05/2002 1:03:27 PM PST by saradippity
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To: saradippity
What the heck is that all about? All I said was both a chaste homo and active hetero adulter is unacceptable for a priest. You somehow came up with a six paragraph essay that left me falling asleep at the wheel. Did you have a point? If so, try giving it in 50 words or less.
28 posted on 04/05/2002 7:55:42 PM PST by iranger
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