U.S. Bishops to Begin Inspecting Seminaries

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WASHINGTON — The bishop overseeing a Vatican-ordered inspection of U.S. seminaries said there is no room there for men with strong homosexual inclinations. And an apostolic visitation that begins this month will seek to determine whether seminaries are enrolling them.

“I think anyone who has engaged in homosexual activity, or has strong homosexual inclinations, would be best not to apply to a seminary and not to be accepted into a seminary,” Archbishop Edwin O’Brien, who’s coordinating the visits of more than 220 seminaries and houses of formation, told the Register.

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[Yonnie]

Lets pray that seminarians will be brave enough to speak out if they know of some abuses going on.

 

[YinYangMom]

Hmmmm…is this just the bishop’s opinion?

He says the Holy See should be coming out with a statement about it soon, but does that mean his position is that of what is expected to come from the Holy See???

 

[Arba_Sicula]

"The bishop overseeing a Vatican-ordered inspection of U.S. seminaries said there is no room there for men with strong homosexual inclinations. And an apostolic visitation that begins this month will seek to determine whether seminaries are enrolling them.

“I think anyone who has engaged in homosexual activity, or has strong homosexual inclinations, would be best not to apply to a seminary and not to be accepted into a seminary,” Archbishop Edwin O’Brien, who’s coordinating the visits of more than 220 seminaries and houses of formation, told the Register. "

Perhaps those with weak homosexual inclinations can make the cut. I’d not want to lump all men with SSA together.

 

[BayCityRickL]

We can only pray that the inspectors will know what to look for and know where to find it, if it is there.

Announced inspections are one thing. Unannounced are another.

 

[felra]

"The bishop overseeing a Vatican-ordered inspection of U.S. seminaries said there is no room there for men with strong homosexual inclinations. And an apostolic visitation that begins this month will seek to determine whether seminaries are enrolling them.

“I think anyone who has engaged in homosexual activity, or has strong homosexual inclinations, would be best not to apply to a seminary and not to be accepted into a seminary,” Archbishop Edwin O’Brien, who’s coordinating the visits of more than 220 seminaries and houses of formation, told the Register. "

Perhaps those with weak homosexual inclinations can make the cut. I’d not want to lump all men with SSA together.

"Archbishop O’Brien, who heads the Archdiocese for Military Services USA, said even homosexuals who have been celibate for 10 or more years should not be admitted to seminaries.

In a 2002 speech, Pope John Paul II linked the abuse scandals with seminary instruction and called for the **exclusion **of seminary candidates with observable “deviations in their affections.”

“It would be lamentable if, out of a misunderstood tolerance, they ordained young men who are immature or have obvious signs of affective deviations that, as is sadly known, could cause serious anomalies in the consciences of the faithful, with evident damage for the whole Church,” the Holy Father said.

Let’s hope that they follow the wisdom of the late great predessesorJPII by by developing adequate screening and assessemnt tools. Better to error on the side of caution.