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Homosexual Priests: A Time for Truth
The Washington Dispatch ^ | 05/06/02 | Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson

Posted on 05/06/2002 6:17:00 AM PDT by Spin

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. --Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

The purpose of the press is to let the truth be known to the people. But having seen report after report of the sex scandal in the Catholic Church, I am sorry to say that yet again the media is failing us by refusing to tell us that the primary problem within the church is an epidemic of homosexual priests. We know that most victims of these crimes are young boys, and the perpetrators are grown men—why is it so hard to say that this epidemic is a direct result of homosexuals being given authority that they should not have?

We’ve heard for some time now about priests who are openly homosexual, but apparently few within the Church seemed to see a need to resolve this issue. It’s even more troubling, then, that the media is so unwilling to report something that has long been known. Of course we know that the media is basically liberal, and has the intent of promoting a biased agenda. But you’d think that at least some would have the good sense to report honestly when the physical and psychological safety of so many children are at stake.

If the media, the most far-reaching informational source, refuse to accurately report this predominantly homosexual scandal, then the truth is being concealed and this problem may never be resolved. If something isn’t done, homosexuals will continue to gain authority over our children and country, and the effects will be disastrous.

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To: wai-ming
But try going without sex for a year, or a lifetime--without any hope of fulfillment. A lot of (if not most) people in that situation would be pretty messed up.

So, you don't believe it's possible to be chaste before marriage?

That sex outside of marriage is okay, because if you don't, you'll get "pretty messed up"?

ROTFLMHO !!!

41 posted on 05/06/2002 10:36:00 AM PDT by BlessedBeGod
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To: onesog
Homosexuals are sick and they have no business anywhere much less the priesthood.

Bravo for a clear, concise post. You could be the 'Rummy" of the PC battle over whether or not those who practice same sex sexual trysts deserve 'special' protections and acknowledgements. What a joke this hype over SAD (those who practice homosexuality) folks. I agree with you....those inflicted with this disease deserve help, certainly not a boost. Because they prey on the vulnerable-like little boys-they should be kept FAR from groups of children, whom they see as possible sexual outlets. Pretty sick stuff.

SAD folks should be kept out of schools, out of leadership positions in the Boy Scouts, out of counselor facilities that counsel youth, out of the priesthood and other leadership organizations that provide for youth. etc. Anyone who is openly homosexual should be prepared to suffer the consequences society deals out. There is nothing honorable about promoting perversion. Nothing.

42 posted on 05/06/2002 11:06:06 AM PDT by Republic
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To: american colleen
There are theories which suggest that the orientation is more "uncontrollable." In other words, it's the homosexual equivalent of a nymphomaniac, womanizing rake, or serial abuser like Clinton. So in addition to desiring the same gender, they have desires which are impulsive and obsessive compulsive. And...given the fact that the acts are considered unnatural and unhealthy by mainstream society, they experience more anxiety, irrationality, and emotional turmoil about expressing these feelings. A man who suggests sexual activity to a woman is not worried that the nature of the activity itself will shock the woman and cause social isolation. The secrecy and emotional turmoil seem to predispose homosexuals to the more outlandish scenario of seeking a younger, more naive partner. According to some reports, some active homosexuals engage in multiple-partner sex in one night (like sex with nine or ten different individuals). How many heterosexuals do you know that do that?
43 posted on 05/06/2002 11:22:03 AM PDT by HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
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To: Republic
In our new media culture we're supposed to accept that what they do is entirely natural. I agree that even if they weren't priests their behavior would be unnatural and unacceptable and sinful but thats not what the liberals say and they evidently rule the country with the help of the media.
44 posted on 05/06/2002 11:38:01 AM PDT by tiki
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To: HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity;american colleen
Is This Gay Behavior Sick?

Let´s look at gay behavior as defined by two gays, Marshall Kirk and Hunter Madsen Ph.D., authors of After the Ball: How America will Conquer its Fear and Hatred of Gays in the 90´s (1989).

In Chapter Six, they outline “ten categories of misbehavior,” drawn from their own experiences, wide reading and thousands of hours of conversation with hundreds of other gays. Their contention is that the gay lifestyle, not gay sexuality mind you, “is the pits.” They want gays to improve their image by addressing “what is wrong with a lot of gays.” (276)

What follows are some highlights. As you read this, ask yourself if there is another human community, including the Mafia that could make these generalizations about itself. Ask yourself if we haven´t caught this disease, or at least the sniffles.

•  The authors say “a surprisingly high percentage” of pathological liars and con men are gay. This results from a natural habit of self-concealment, and leads to a stubborn self-deception about one´s own gayness and its implications.

•  They say gays tend to reject all forms of morality and value judgments. Gay morality boils down to “If it feels good, I´ll do it!” If a gay feels like seducing a trusted friend´s lover, he´ll do it, justifying it as an act of “sexual freedom” and the friend be damned.

•  They say gays suffer from a “narcissistic” personality disorder and they give this clinical description: “pathological self absorption, a need for constant attention and admiration, lack of empathy or concern for others, quickly bored, shallow, interested in fads, seductive, overemphasis on appearance, superficially charming, promiscuous, exploitative, preoccupied with remaining youthful, relationships alternate between over idealization and devaluation.”

•  As an example of this narcissism, the authors say “a very sizable proportion of gay men” who have been diagnosed HIV positive continue to have unprotected sex.

•  They say the majority of gays are extremely promiscuous and self-indulgent. They must continuously up the ante to achieve arousal. This begins with alcohol and drugs and includes such “forbidden” aspects of sex as wallowing in filth (fetishism and coprophilia) and sadomasochism, which involves violence.

•  They say many gays indulge in sex in public bathrooms and think it is antigay harassment when it is stopped. Many think they have a right to importune straight males, including children.

•  Many gays are “single minded sexual predators” fixated on youth and physical beauty alone. When it comes to the old or ugly, gays are “the real queerbashers.” Disillusioned themselves, they are cynical about love.

•  “Relationships between gay men don´t usually last very long.” They quickly tire of their partners and fall victim to temptation. The “cheating ratio of ‘married´ gay males, given enough time, approaches 100%.”

•  Even friendships are based on the sexual test and hard to sustain. Unattractive gay men find it nearly impossible to find a friend, let alone a lover.

•  The authors say gays tend to deny reality in various ways: wishful thinking, paranoia, illogic, emotionalism and embracing crackpot ideas.

Is there any doubt that this behavior is sick?


45 posted on 05/06/2002 11:47:13 AM PDT by EdReform
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To: american colleen
do homosexuals have an uncontrollable ... urge to have sex?

No but most feel deep down that they are traducing nature or society even as society is trumpeting the irrelevance of homosexuality to anything significant. Because they feel they are on the other side, then it is much easier to do other "unnatural" things. And, if society is wrong about plain homosexuality, which taboo runs so deep, then it should be wrong about further ramifications.

An alcoholic who takes one drink finds it much easier to take another. A clerk who embezzles a little (the boss doesn't need it) has no moral defense against taking a little more and then a lot more. Once you cross that line, the resistance to going farther across is much less than the resistance to crossing it in the first place.

Many open homosexuals identify themselves by that characteristic above all others and make expressing themselves sexually their raison d'etre.

46 posted on 05/06/2002 11:54:00 AM PDT by arthurus
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To: american colleen
Nothing like painting everybody with the same brush

Not everybody, just homosexuals. Or do you mean "everybody that means anything to me"?

47 posted on 05/06/2002 11:56:08 AM PDT by arthurus
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To: EdReform
Part of what binds men and women together, believe it or not, are the natural hormones and pheromones which interact in attraction and romance. This naturally leads, when uninhibited by artificial birth control, to the maternal instincts in the woman and a "nesting" phenomenon. This does not happen for gays. Nature does not have built-in hormonal processes to secure lasting relationships. There's no child on the way and, therefore, no built-in need to settle into the family structure.

It's clear that a lot of homosexuals struggle with a great deal of resentment toward non-homosexuals. Part of this is displayed in the activist attempts for social and governmental recognition and acceptance of so-called "gay marriage" - a sort of parody of heterosexual relationships. Some even admit that this is about proving they are "just as good" (maybe even better) than heterosexuals.

48 posted on 05/06/2002 12:00:18 PM PDT by HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity
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To: wai-ming
but keep the celibacy rule. Won't that just create a community of sexually deprived heterosexuals

You are implying that ALL priests are homosexual at present. That is not a valid observation. Homosexuala are 2-4% in the general male population and possibly 10% of priests. Or do you believe that without the restraining factor of homosexual priests the heteros will run riot in the sacristy?

So just how does the presence of the homosexuals keep heterosexual abuse in check?

49 posted on 05/06/2002 12:01:47 PM PDT by arthurus
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To: wai-ming
hanky-panky was going on between the priests and the nuns in Mexico

There are always dark tales of such perversion in countries that are institutionally anti-Catholic and Mexico, since their Revolucion, is institutionally anti-Catholic. It falls into the same category as that great authority on Judaic philosophy, theProtocols of the Learned Elders of Zion.

50 posted on 05/06/2002 12:07:40 PM PDT by arthurus
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To: onesog
than 5 partners per year (HARDLY MONOGAMOUS)

Monogamy is simply neo germaine to homosexuality. Monogamy is the system suited for rearing children. Homosexuals do not have children of their own unless they buy them or get them unnaturally.

Homosex is unnatural use of sexuality because it is not productive and involves only one's self and "partners." It is a closed system that shuts out society and God. It is sinful.

If one is Christian then one accepts that God's creation is run by logical rules. The sexual act normally performed, results in continuation of humanity, the bringing into the world of more souls. One cannot be a flouter of rules and actually consider himself a practicing Christian except in that he may believe that it is true but that he chooses to contravene the truth. Then he could, perhaps, be sort of a Christian if a perverse sort.

51 posted on 05/06/2002 12:18:11 PM PDT by arthurus
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To: onesog
Yes you did. Pretty clear, saying that I am not a Christian. Nice little attack, or if it isn't an attack it certainly demonstrates a close mindedness. I am Roman Catholic, that makes me a Christian, though I note you left the Church, so maybe lecture me on my Church, since you have deserted it, though that being said, you are still a Brother in Christ.

As to a confessor, It is called Confession, the emptying of your crimes and sins to a priest, the release, and the feeling after Confession is beautiful, try it sometime. The Confiteor remains one of the most beautiful prayers in the Christian tradition.

I am not some naive simpleton nor am I an idealist, I am a realist. But I believe in redemption and forgiveness, do you? I also believe that with prayer and the power of God, a human being can accomplish almost everything.

God Bless
52 posted on 05/06/2002 12:18:57 PM PDT by StAthanasiustheGreat
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To: arthurus
neo=not
53 posted on 05/06/2002 12:19:03 PM PDT by arthurus
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To: arthurus
Homosex is unnatural use of sexuality because it is not productive and involves only one's self and "partners." It is a closed system that shuts out society and God. It is sinful.

Is this why any form of birth control is sinful too?
54 posted on 05/06/2002 12:21:04 PM PDT by BikerNYC
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To: BikerNYC
Yes, the source of the Roman Catholic Church's condemnation of Birth Control stems from this. The purpose of sex within marriage is children, and birth control eliminates this possibility. God Bless
55 posted on 05/06/2002 12:22:40 PM PDT by StAthanasiustheGreat
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To: sinkspur
Methinks you had best do a little more Biblical reading. Homosexuality is condemned in BOTH the Old and New Testaments.
56 posted on 05/06/2002 12:24:43 PM PDT by jackd
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To: sinkspur
If someone tells you they have no sexual desires or thoughts, they're lying.

Not so. There are many medical conditions (and prescription drugs) that reduce the libido to zero. Sex becomes no longer of interest at all.

BTW, I'm really not stalking you today.

57 posted on 05/06/2002 12:37:19 PM PDT by Steve0113
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To: BikerNYC
Is this why any form of birth control is sinful too?

Interventional forms and onanism, yes. Thes are not such a public problem among Christians because contraceptionists as contraceptionists do not molest children or others over whom they have authority. Contraception is more a private sin. It is generally not flaunted.

58 posted on 05/06/2002 12:37:21 PM PDT by arthurus
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To: NWU Army ROTC
Yes, that makes sense. I wonder, however, if that view -- one that ties together so closely proper human sexuality with baby making, a view devised principally by those who do not make babies -- is what keeps so many American Catholics from sharing their faith's official beliefs on the subject.
59 posted on 05/06/2002 12:39:01 PM PDT by BikerNYC
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To: NWU Army ROTC
The purpose of sex within marriage is children...

That's not the whole truth. There is also the unitive purpose of sex in marriage. The two purposes are equally valid and important.

60 posted on 05/06/2002 12:41:18 PM PDT by Steve0113
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