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Priest Announces During Mass He is Gay and leaving Priesthood for "Loving Relationship"
LifeSiteNews.com ^
| John-Henry Westen and Hilary White
Posted on 01/08/2006 7:15:23 PM PST by LifeSite News
MARATHON, ON, January 6, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The pastor of Holy Saviour Catholic parish in Marathon, Ontario, Rev. Scott Gale, announced to his parishioners during Masses on New Years day that he is a homosexual and can no longer stand the Church's requirement that he remain celibate. Citing his "longing for a loving relationship," Gale told his parishioners that he was quitting. "It has become increasingly difficult for me to be an official representative of a Church which does not accept and value my sexual orientation," he said reading from a 2 page letter.
Strangely, Fr. Gale has remained in his post since his announcement and is to say his last Mass this Sunday, his last day at "work." This despite the fact that local Bishop Fred Colli has been aware Rev. Gale's decision for quite some time.
According to the local paper, the Bishop gave the priest permission to tell the congregation of his decision. The Bishop added: "I admire (Gale) for having the courage to say, 'This is who I am.'"
However, Bishop Colli has been aware for at least a few years about the problems with Fr. Gale. In August 2003, LifeSiteNews.com reported that Gale had allowed the Toronto Star - Canada's most widely circulated newspaper - to publish a homily in which he excoriated Church teaching on human sexuality. (see the LifeSiteNews.com coverage: http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2003/aug/03082502.html ) Rev. Gale said then that he hoped for a "re-examination of the Church's attitudes regarding homosexuality and those persons with a homosexual orientation." LifeSiteNews.com readers at the time expressed concerns to Bishop Colli regarding Fr. Gale.
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To: Talking_Mouse
"Wearing a condom during anal sex is like wearing an umbrella in a Gale"
--1980s quote from a head of ACT-UP.
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posted on
01/09/2006 1:57:58 PM PST
by
dangus
To: LifeSite News
Perhaps he's off to become captain of the good ship:
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posted on
01/09/2006 2:01:58 PM PST
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: Talking_Mouse
A mouse sleeping with a cat? Next thing, the lion will be lying down with the lamb ...
Oh NOOOO!!! The world is coming to a end!
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01/09/2006 2:05:28 PM PST
by
ArrogantBustard
(Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
To: BigFinn
That's funny. But why didn't he just leave the priesthood quietly instead of making a spectacle of himself. Like many other things gay---it has to be done with a flamboyance that doesn't sit well with a lot of folks.
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01/12/2006 12:59:38 PM PST
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brooklyn dave
(Confirm Alito Now)
To: DBeers; 2ndMostConservativeBrdMember; afraidfortherepublic; Alas; al_c; american colleen; ...
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05/05/2006 10:07:11 AM PDT
by
Coleus
(I Support Research using the Ethical, Effective and Moral use of stem cells: non-embryonic)
To: LifeSite News
Bottom feeder and sniffer. Being that he announced during Mass at least he didn't call his boyfriend up and kiss him during the sign of peace.
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05/05/2006 10:55:11 AM PDT
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jmaroneps37
(Everyday brings a new reason to distrust Hillary Clinton.)
To: LifeSite News
"If you deny me before men, I shall deny you before my Father in heaven." ~Jesus Christ
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05/05/2006 11:15:01 AM PDT
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Salvation
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"It has become increasingly difficult for me to be an official representative of a Church which does not accept and value my sexual orientation,"
Those suffering the homosexual disorder tend to place sexual activity above all else (in this case above God) -declaring the sexual activity to be the very thing that defines them. This is just another example of self-destructive behavior associated with the homosexual disorder...
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05/05/2006 11:50:09 AM PDT
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DBeers
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To: LifeSite News
Priest Announces During Mass He is Gay and leaving Priesthood for "Loving Relationship"
So he's leaving God, to have another man put his genitals into his anus? Gee, that makes a lot of sense. NOT!
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posted on
05/05/2006 11:51:55 AM PDT
by
trubluolyguy
(At this rate Osama is going to die of old age.)
To: LifeSite News
The Bishop added: "I admire (Gale) for having the courage to say, 'This is who I am.'" Uh-oh.
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posted on
05/05/2006 12:22:54 PM PDT
by
Aquinasfan
(When you find "Sola Scriptura" in the Bible, let me know)
To: LifeSite News
Couldn't he just have left quietly??
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05/05/2006 6:47:17 PM PDT
by
Sun
(Hillary had a D-/F rating on immigration; now she wants to build a wall????)
To: LifeSite News
According to the local paper, the Bishop gave the priest permission to tell the congregation of his decision. The Bishop added: "I admire (Gale) for having the courage to say, 'This is who I am.'"
We'd admire you, your excellency, if you'd resign and let a Catholic run your diocese.
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05/05/2006 8:26:56 PM PDT
by
Antoninus
(I will not vote for a liberal, regardless of party.)
To: DBeers
After the announcement, he consecrated the Host and the Host slapped him silly!
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posted on
05/06/2006 10:43:58 AM PDT
by
alamo boy
(I left my heart in San Antonio)
To: alamo boy
Once a priest always a priest. So he and his "lover" will be able to do at home masses when the weather is bad
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05/06/2006 10:58:00 AM PDT
by
ears_to_hear
("I once was lost but now am found, was blind but now I see. ")
To: LifeSite News
Rev. Gale said then that he hoped for a "re-examination of the Church's attitudes regarding homosexuality and those persons with a homosexual orientation.I'm sur ehe does. He wants to be able to sin without consequences.
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05/07/2006 1:22:33 PM PDT
by
SuziQ
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