[Daily Wire] Recent revelations of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church have sparked the age-old debate on whether or not the church should have an absolute ban on same-sex attracted men entering the seminary.
As noted by Matt Walsh and other Catholic commentators, roughly 80% of the sexual abuse victims in the Catholic Church were male, many of them being postpubescent. Recently-ousted Cardinal Theodore McCarrick had sexual relations with both adult males and minors; far too often, he preyed on male seminarians entering the priesthood.
In May of this year, Pope Francis went as far as to warn the Italian bishops about homosexual applicants seeking to join the priesthood and why they should not be allowed. His position followed that of Pope Benedict, who emphasized that men "who practice homosexuality, present deep-seated homosexual tendencies, or support the so-called ’gay culture’" could be denied entry into the priesthood. The 2005 Vatican instruction on the question of homosexuality and the priesthood also states: "The Church, while profoundly respecting the persons in question, cannot admit to the seminary or to holy orders those who practice homosexuality, present deep-seated homosexual tendencies or support the so-called ’gay culture.’" |