If you aren’t old enough, you won’t remember. She was the nosey neighbor in the TV series “Bewitched.” She was constantly spying on Darren and Samantha. Of course, it turned out she was right and Samantha was a witch, so there’s that in her favor. Bear in mind, I said it SOUNDED “Gladys Kravitz,” I didn’t say you WERE Gladys Kravitz.
What did your priest say? Not that you need to tell us, but I would really consider whatever advice he gave you. You sound like you have the best of intentions, but this is very dangerous ground. If they are openly out, demonstably so, then you should have no problem at all talking to the priest running the school. If they are not, and this is just hearsay, I would pray over this–listen to what God tells you to do.
So let me repeat myself, in light of the Church’s position on homosexuality and fornication, what do you think I could use in terms of Church documents in a discussion with the head of this school to help support my view that sexually active homosexuals really don’t belong at a Catholic instituion in a position of influence over the children?
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Chastity and homosexuality
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Homosexuality refers to relations between men or between women who experience an exclusive or predominant sexual attraction toward persons of the same sex. It has taken a great variety of forms through the centuries and in different cultures. Its psychological genesis remains largely unexplained. Basing itself on Sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity,141 tradition has always declared that "homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered."142 They are contrary to the natural law. They close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. Under no circumstances can they be approved.
2358 The number of men and women who have deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not negligible. This inclination, which is objectively disordered, constitutes for most of them a trial. **They must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided. These persons are called to fulfill God’s will in their lives and, if they are Christians, to unite to the sacrifice of the Lord’s Cross the difficulties they may encounter from their condition. **
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This is from the Catechism of the Catholic Church…you can get no better documentation as to how to act or how to approach or how to behave…and unless you think these men are behaving in an unchaste manner, and you can prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that they are, they may be the best possible example for your children as to how they should - as orthodox Catholic Christians - treat members of the Body of Christ.
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TarAshly, first you agree with the suggestion of Other Eric to confront this person, then I highly question such a brash approach in absence of concrete and verifiable evidence, and then give you a specific real life example to highlight how unfounded such an approach would present; then you come back with this post and totally contradict yourself by stating “No I’d tell you to mind you own business and that you are not the authority of the Church”; and to add icing on the cake Other Eric chims in to my real life example “Christ does not always ask us to do that which is comfortable”. So which one is it? To confront or not to confront? Why does Cupofkindnes get advised to confront, whereas I get the slammed with the “Catholic police” admonishment to “mind you own business and that you are not the authority of the Church”. You can’t have it both ways.
The “finally” referred to focusing on the impact of this situation, if any, on the OP’s children and what an appropriate response might be–which was the concern that prompted the thread in the first place, though few posters saw fit to address that issue. As for the rest of your recap-thanks, but having read the thread I wasn’t feeling particularly confused on the chronology of events.
I don’t believe any here is intentionally trying to trivialize this. But the fact is that you want our advice about what you should do, and this could cause someone to loose their job or make their life a living hell if, *if *in fact, they aren’t gay.
The final comment in my post to avoid gossip was not an accusation. I mentioned it only because I am all too aware that when we are concerned about an issue that has the potential to affect our children, it can become a topic of discussion fairly quickly. I admire and commend you for trying to go about this in an honorable way.