The church is speaking of out against gay priests. An article I found in yahoo relates that the church has come out with a five page long document known as the "Instruction", which serves as a guide book for homosexuals or those who have homosexual tendencies who wish to enter the seminary. This document indicates that those who have homosexual leanings must beat this part of their nature at least 3 years before joining the seminary.

The topic of the church being against homosexuals has been a longstanding issue for decades now. However the issue became more prominent with the sex abuse scandal that erupted in the United States in 2002. It was noted in a study done by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice that most of victims were adolescent boys.

The study of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice does not indicate if the priests who molested those boys are gay. Just because the victim is male, that doesn't mean the pervert was gay. It could very well be because adolescent males were more accessible to the child molesting priests rather than young females. If I remember correctly altar boys have more contact with their parish priests than church choir members who are composed of both males and females. And people are more inclined to notice and become suspicious when young girls spend a lot time with a priest rather than noticing young boys with a priest.

Personally I don't care about the sexual orientation of a person. As long as they are able to do the job they are supposed to do and don't bother anybody, you rank high in my book.

I am still seething about the whole child abuse scandal of the church. What really gets to me is not the fact that it happened in the first place, but how it kept on happening because of the irresponsible way the church acted. I believe that instead of spending time creating a document that states a criterion against homosexuals entering into priesthood, the church should focus on conducting psychological tests on all seminary candidates and current clergymen to check if these people have child molesting tendencies rather than homosexual tendencies.

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