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icon13.gif Bollocks...the Church and Gay priests...  [message #63063] Fri, 23 July 2010 20:27 Go to previous message
chrisjames147 is currently offline  chrisjames147

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The Catholic Church of Italy (read that as the Vatican who won't take credit) is urging gay priests to come out of the closet and resign rather than leading a double life.

I had to laugh at the following statement: "It (the Diocease of Rome) insisted that the vast majority of Rome's 1,300 priests were truthful to their vocations and were "models of morality for all."

Yeah, that's why the age of consent in the Vatican State is 12. Is that considered a moral statement? (I must add, this applies to females only, as if that would make it any better at this age)

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100723/ap_on_re_eu/eu_italy_gay_priests

"No one knows the exact number of gays in the priesthood. Estimates of the number of gays in U.S. seminaries and the priesthood range from 25 percent to 50 percent, according to a review of research by the Rev. Donald Cozzens, an author of "The Changing Face of the Priesthood."

Oops, yeah all you guys resign, go ahead...churches are large enough for a community basketball court and that would put them to better use.

;-D

[Updated on: Fri, 23 July 2010 21:15]



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