[MonroeDNA]

Richard Sipe, a psychotherapist and former priest, has studied celibacy and sexuality in the priesthood for four decades. He has authored three books on the topic. He once estimated that 30% of the priesthood is homosexually oriented. 3 Elsewhere, he is quoted as estimating that between 25% and 45% of American priests are homosexual in orientation. 4 He told the Boston Globe: "If they were to eliminate all those who were homosexually oriented, the number would be so staggering that it would be like an atomic bomb; it would do the same damage to the church's operation...It would mean the resignation of at least a third of the bishops of the world. And it's very much against the tradition of the church; many saints had a gay orientation, and many popes had gay orientations. Discriminating against orientation is not going to solve the problem."

[MonroeDNA]

See above link.

[Coleus]

Which saints were gay?

[Chancellor Palpatine]

"If they were to eliminate all those who were homosexually oriented, the number would be so staggering that it would be like an atomic bomb; it would do the same damage to the church's operation...It would mean the resignation of at least a third of the bishops of the world. And it's very much against the tradition of the church; many saints had a gay orientation, and many popes had gay orientations. Discriminating against orientation is not going to solve the problem."

Reason #487 not to be Roman Catholic.

[FormerLib]

"If they were to eliminate all those who were homosexually oriented, the number would be so staggering that it would be like an atomic bomb..."

Well I'm be darned, someone just made an excellent argument for letting the Vatican develop nuclear weapons.

Drop the Bomb, John Paul II! Drop the BOMB!

[FormerLib]

Discriminating against orientation is not going to solve the problem.

But it's a good start!