Perhaps I did not make myself clear. I would expect a homosexual pastor who has been “Called” to refrain from homosexual acts. However, let’s be real here. Any clergy—including heteros—can and do sin.
My point is that as long as it is not known, the transgression is between the sinner and God. Moreover, as long as a homosexual pastor, priest or whatever teaches and that marriage is a union of a man and a woman and that homosexual ACTS are sinful, I don’t care if he/she is otherwise defective.
Sorry, but I find that impossible. Someone entrenched in that kind of of sin cannot have a true calling to be a pastor.
That person would have to have that sin removed from their life before they could be called.
Understandable, but then, right up until many clergy molested children their problems were between them and God. I contend that they should have removed themselves long before thoughts turned to acts, or should never have been ordained to begin with. Scripture has quite a bit of teaching on the thought life of Christians. We ignore it at our peril. Teachers of God's word are held to a higher standard because in some respects they ignore it at our peril.