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To: VidMihi
It seems to me that while it is true that celibacy is not the problem per se, it tends to attract homosexual men disproportionately, ( who may practice safe sex -that is - no women involved, thus no desire for marriage).

There does seem to be a disproportionate percentage of gay men in the priesthood, at least from what I have seen. However, why is that? Is it because of a process of weeding out anyone who is orthodox, and thereby leaving a much higher number of likely homosexual people? I think the seminaries in this country, at least, could be seen as having had an anti-orthodox agenda. Or is it because homosexuals have seen the priesthood as a good place to hide, since nobody expects them to be married, or find prey if they are predatory? I don't know, but I can't imagine many gay people actually wanting to undertake the priesthood just because of these reasons, and so I am inclined to see the first as a more likely reason. Also, as the culture becomes more tolerant, or should I say worshipping, of homosexuality, and the Church becomes better at protecting our children, the second reason would seem to be even less likely over time, celibacy or no.

15 posted on 05/04/2010 5:58:06 PM PDT by cothrige (Ego vero Evangelio non crederem, ni si me catholicae Ecclesiae commoveret auctoritas.)
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To: cothrige
Obviously we do not know all the answers, but I do not think “orthodoxy” has anything to do with it. I have been told by relatives of ex-seminarians that a “gay culture” and being hit on were the reasons many heterosexuals left the seminaries. On grandmother said her grandson tried the seminary twice, and left both times for the same reason.
I was not there, I do not know. I only know what most Catholics will acknowledge, and that is that a very large number of their priests are gay. It also seems that many women like the gay priests - they are kind, neat, easy to talk to,share many of their interests etc. In a word they are everything their husbands are not.
16 posted on 05/05/2010 6:26:28 AM PDT by VidMihi ("In fide, unitas; in dubiis, libertas; in omnibus, caritas.")
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