Vatican: Gay `behavior' in seminaries declines

[sniffa]

A Vatican evaluation of U.S. Roman Catholic seminaries in response to the clergy sex abuse scandal concluded that administrators have largely been effective in rooting out "homosexual behavior" in the schools, although the agency said it persists.

The Congregation for Catholic Education sought a broad review of how the schools screen and educate prospective priests, but gave special attention to teachings on chastity and celibacy. The Vatican also directed evaluators to look for "evidence of homosexuality" in the schools.

In a report U.S. bishops released this week, the Vatican agency noted past "difficulties in the area of morality" within seminaries that "usually but not exclusively" involved "homosexual behavior." The evaluators said the appointment of better administrators in diocesan seminaries "has ensured that such difficulties have been overcome."

"Of course, here and there some case or other of immorality — again, usually homosexual behavior — continues to show up," according to the report. "However, in the main, the superiors now deal with these issues promptly and appropriately."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090115/ap_on_re_us/rel_catholic_seminaries

Glad they're on top of it.

[FreeState]

1. I thought the sex abuse scandal was pedophilia

What do gay clergy have to do with it again? Oh wait... its a goat... a scapegoat... homophobia at work aint pretty is it?

[AntiFascist]

2. It only goes to show...

Catholicism is really perverted.




A nuclear protestant.

[Ichingcarpenter]

3. Give the Vatican a cracker

B-)

[FreeState]

7. I've noticed most organized religions ran by men and not women

have this problem of throwing LGBT under the bus to save their own ass. Then again I cant think of any large organized religion ran by a woman...

[hedgehog]

4. Next Headline: Vatican offers affirmative action to handicapped by hiring

deaf, dumb and blind as administrators in diocesan seminaries!


Apologies to any deaf, dumb or blind people offended by this post!

[hunter]

5. Close yer eyes an' let's pretend I'm a girl...

Nope, no homosexual behaviors here, no sir!

I want to know what the "usually but not exclusively" is about. Women? Farm Animals? Children?

[sniffa]

6. Since it's the Vatican I assume it's not children

They tend to equate the two.

[ColbertWatcher]

8. But isn't attendance at Semenaries also down? n/t

[FreeState]

11. Its down at least 22%

http://cara.georgetown.edu/bulletin/index.htm

I wonder what they construe as evidence of homosexual sex? I cant for the life of me think of one thing GLBT persons use during sex that would leave evidence that is not present in heterosexual sex. (Outside of porn that is, but even that is not evidence of sex with someone of the same sex).

[Stevenmarc]

9. "evidence of homosexuality"

Quick ... hide the sling.

[FreeState]

10. LOL - I was afraid you were going to say something else:) n/t