10-03-2015, 02:25 PM
(10-03-2015, 02:01 PM)GMDino Wrote: http://www.thejournal.ie/vatican-gay-priest-2366369-Oct2015/?utm_source=facebook_short
...on eve of meeting regarding homosexual believers.
I also imagine it was more about him having a boyfriend than being gay. I know a few priests who are (if not openly) gay. I also know a few priests who had female lovers and at least two that had children that everyone "knew" about...but nothing was ever said.
I suppose going to the media like this one did probably sealed his fate.
It's one of the things about the Catholic church that I never really understood. I mean I understand their stance on homosexuality and sex and general, not that I agree with it. I never really understood why priests had to be celibate and couldn't marry. I had heard that it had something to do with not being able to pass money, wealth, and church property on to family or something like that.
Seems like the world just keeps moving on without them and then they are forced to play catch up and review and revise their stances in order to stay relevant.
