[sinkspur]

How about rejecting both?

Fine.

Then, do you reject the heterosexual man who may have had a fling or two but has been celibate for a few years as well as the homosexual who has been celibate?

Ratcheting your logic up a bit further, how do you determine, if both men are celibate, who is homosexual and who is heterosexual? Show them dirty videos and see who gets aroused, as RobbyS suggested?

The good cardinal spoke off the cuff. He is, after all a canon lawyer and is not a theologian.

[RobbyS]

The good cardinal spoke off the cuff. He is, after all a canon lawyer and is not a theologian. We have suffered much from "theologicans" since Vatican II! I have heard that Cardinal George has a relative who is gay. Assuming that is the case, he may have let family feelings get the better of his judges, or let him qualify what should not be qualified. All the evidence suggests that too many gays equals trouble.

[irishjuggler]

It's not necessarily possible to screen out 100% of homosexuals, but I'd say that if they're effeminate or admit homosexuality, then reject them. Eighty percent of the time that'll probably do the trick. Bevilacqua is right. The seminaries badly need to drop this modernist view that homosexuality is perfectly analogous to heterosexuality and that what's true about heterosexuals is also true about homosexuals.