Signs that the Catholic Church is recovering from its sexual liberation catastrophe of the Sixties, Seventies, Eighties, Nineties, and Oughts

Whether he is celibate or not, the person who views himself as a “homosexual person,” rather than as a person called to be a spiritual father—that person should not be a priest.
— The Rev. David Toups, director of the secretariat of clergy, consecrated life and vocations of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

The quote appears in a New York Times article on the rigorous screening on their sexuality to which the Church now subjects candidates for the priesthood.

Posted by Lawrence Auster at May 31, 2010 11:56 AM | Send