Voice of the Faithful stage protests of Vatican policy on gay priests

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Talk about missing the forest because of too many trees:

"Known primarily as a group critical of the Catholic Church’s handling of the clergy sexual abuse crisis, the Voice of the Faithful took on a new issue yesterday, staging rallies in Massachusetts and across the nation protesting the Vatican’s recently announced prohibition against gay prients."

Umm. The Church’s poor handling of the clergy sexual abuse crisis is directly related to the cover-up and dissent of homosexual and sympathizer clergy.

" ''That policy is almost a litmus test for acceptance of homosexuals into the clergy," said George Lee of Somerset, a member of South Coast Voice of the Faithful. ''We felt that was unfair. We don’t have a comparable litmus test for heterosexuals. We don’t really feel that homsexuality is an evil disorder, in and of itself, which the Church has stated in the past." "

Umm. There is no comparable litmus test for heterosexuals because heterosexuals are not being barred.

Also, individual feelings do not trump reality.

" ''Gay or not gay, who cares? They’re celibate." "

Oh?

" ''The purge of gays is a diversionary tactic, steering us from facing up to the sexual abuse scandal," Kennedy said. ''It’s another attempt to cover up with a false solution. Removing good men from the seminary and discouraging others from applying is another fallout from the scandal." "

Seems more to me like Voice of the Faithful is another fallout from the scandal.

" ''I think that it is absolutely outrageous that [Catholic officals] are trying to scapegoat homosexuals for the sex abuse crisis in the church," said Mary Ellen Siudut, 56, of Natick. ''The church should be a church that is of love, inclusion, and is nonjudgmental. "

Indeed. Ignoring reality makes it go away. If a tree falls in the forest but nobody hears it… Oh, what the heck, as long as we love the tree - give it a big hug.
 
The interesting thing is that you won’t hear the Vatican or the bishops link the sex abuse scandal and homosexual priests ANYWHERE! Granted, plenty of independent catholic thinkers and writers have hypothesized about it, but this is NOWHERE endorsed by the hierarchy of the catholic church.

Ironically, it is the dissenters who are getting the most public air-time talking about a link between homosexual priests and the sex abuse crisis, even though that coverage is of outrage over a link that has NOT been suggested by the church.

IMO, it is a valid question to discuss whether there is a link. But, I’m not a bishop.
 
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The interesting thing is that you won’t hear the Vatican or the bishops link the sex abuse scandal and homosexual priests ANYWHERE! Granted, plenty of independent catholic thinkers and writers have hypothesized about it, but this is NOWHERE endorsed by the hierarchy of the catholic church.

Ironically, it is the dissenters who are getting the most public air-time talking about a link between homosexual priests and the sex abuse crisis, even though that coverage is of outrage over a link that has NOT been suggested by the church.

IMO, it is a valid question to discuss whether there is a link. But, I’m not a bishop.
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The first John Jay report shows the link. Over 80% of the abuse cases involved adolescent males. This report was done at the request of the USCCB. Simply reading the report is sufficient to make the link. Noone can require Bishops to read the report, nor broadcast it’s contents.
 
It’s funny that “Voice of the Faithful” is one of the most dissident and UNFAITHFUL groups there are. LOL :rolleyes:
 
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