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Part 2 of this interview will appear Tuesday.
Q: How would you distinguish between someone with same-sex attractions and someone with deep-seated homosexual tendencies?
Fitzgibbons: Those with deep-seated homosexual tendencies identify themselves as
homosexual persons and are usually unwilling to examine their emotional conflicts that caused this tendency. Strong physical attraction is present to other men’s bodies and to the masculinity of others due to profound weakness in male confidence.
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Those with mild homosexual tendencies do not identify themselves as homosexuals. Such men are motivated to understand and to overcome their emotional conflicts. They regularly seek psychotherapy and spiritual direction. The goal of counseling is to uncover early conflicts, forgive those who hurt them and increase their male confidence – which in time may lead to the resolution of same-sex attractions.
Such men accept and want to live and teach the fullness of the Church’s teaching on sexual morality. They do not support the homosexual culture but see it as antithetical to the universal call to holiness.
Zenit
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Q: How would you distinguish between someone with same-sex attractions and someone with deep-seated homosexual tendencies?
Fitzgibbons: Those with deep-seated homosexual tendencies identify themselves as
homosexual persons and are usually unwilling to examine their emotional conflicts that caused this tendency. Strong physical attraction is present to other men’s bodies and to the masculinity of others due to profound weakness in male confidence.
…
Those with mild homosexual tendencies do not identify themselves as homosexuals. Such men are motivated to understand and to overcome their emotional conflicts. They regularly seek psychotherapy and spiritual direction. The goal of counseling is to uncover early conflicts, forgive those who hurt them and increase their male confidence – which in time may lead to the resolution of same-sex attractions.
Such men accept and want to live and teach the fullness of the Church’s teaching on sexual morality. They do not support the homosexual culture but see it as antithetical to the universal call to holiness.
Zenit
Source Website