Actually, it is not. It is a disorder.
The fact that a person’s sexual desires are for the opposite sex does not by itself make acting on those desires virtuous. Presumably the point you are trying to make is that it is possible for sexual activity between a man and woman to be good under certain conditions, whereas sexual activity between two men (or two women) is always wrong. Please be a little more careful.
No one should know the priest’s sexuality- he is a man- that is all people need be concerned about. He should look, talk, and act like a man. No drag queen priests or anything like that, but many- probably most- men who struggle with homosexuality don’t show it- and I have also known some rather effiminate heterosexual men as well. Furthermore, young men who would be scared off by a rumor that there are gay people or eunuchs in the priesthood just need to grow up. Any homosexual man who would check other men out shouldn’t be in the priesthood anyway- the chaste homosexuals won’t do that.
Those priests were unfaithful to the Church. The bishops were unfaithful to the Church by moving the priests around rather than helping them or removing them. I don’t think statistics mean much- priests did not have as much access to girls as they did to boys, and often things were swept under the rug instead of dealt with, because such crimes were so taboo- and the priest never got help or was reprimanded (until the scandal broke out- if he was even still alive).
I suppose then that married Byzantine priests, or married anglican priests who convert and become Catholic priests are not good priests.
Thank you for taking the time to correct me. You’re right I wasn’t as careful in proofreading as I should have been before posting…I guess I assumed you would be able to get the point behind what I was trying to say.
I do support the Church, often until it hurts. However, giving to the diocese and supporting improper diocesan programs and procedures does not equate to giving to the Church. I equate it with giving your faith away. I support authentic Catholic teaching and authentic Catholic groups that do works of mercy.
If they can go through the “schooling” and make a vow of chastity and obedience to God which they can live out, then there is no need for them to identify themselves as as “gay” or having SSA.
How do you know this? Obviously, there are many that did not have this intention and many that later determined not to operate on that intention. I say that regarding both homosexual priests and heterodox priests. Both have done grave damage to the mystical body of Christ. No more.
It is very dangersous to continue to all the homsexual subculture in the priesthood to continue unabated. This includes those that declare themselves homosexual, those that hide their homosexuality but act out on it, and those that sympathize with the homosexuals and their subculture to the extend that they preach against the moral teachings of the church, albeit in an often deceptive manner.
No, because the same-sex civil marriages in Massachusetts are not sacramental in any shape or form. As any faithful Catholic knows, same-sex marriage is truly an impossibility whether the law recognizes it or not. I live in Massachusetts and know several gays who have had civil marriages but I know deep down that these aren’t real marriages. You can’t fit a square peg in a round hole.