"De-homosexualization" of the Catholic Church

This is from "WorldNetDaily", which is a kind of far right, Christian fundamentalist National Enquirer. So take it for what it's worth.

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http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=44074

Analyst: New pope to reverse course, purge 'gay' leaders from ranks

The reason Catholic Church leadership includes homosexuals is because John Paul II refused to believe reports that potential clergy held that orientation – a mistake that will not be repeated by Pope Benedict XVI, says geopolitical expert Jack Wheeler.

In a column on his intelligence website, To the Point, Wheeler explains that a Vatican source disclosed to him why John Paul discounted the charge of homosexuality.

"Whenever Vatican investigators brought the results of their vetting process regarding an individual's candidacy for bishop, cardinal or other office, and they revealed he was a homosexual, John Paul II would refuse to believe it," he writes.


Wheeler says that's why the church is "riddled" with homosexuals today.

Things will be different with Benedict XVI, writes Wheeler, referring to the new pope's opposition from people like writer Andrew Sullivan.

Writes Wheeler: "Sullivan denounced the new pontiff as a 'Grand Inquisitor' who had 'declared a war on modernity' and would launch an 'attack on individual freedom.' Yes, the famous commentator who once pretended to be conservative has figured it out: the Catholic Church is now going to be in forthright moral opposition to the 'modernity' of homosexual priests and the 'individual freedom' of molesting young boys" – a reference to the clergy-sex scandal that has plagued the church.

Noting that in his Good Friday homily soon-to-be pope Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger condemned the "filth there is in the church," Wheeler believes the pontiff "will not tolerate presence in his church."

The two are as different as night and day. Because someone is gay does NOT mean he is a pedophile. Pedophiles, actually, are far more prevalent among heterosexuals.

http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/rainbow/html/facts_molestation.html

Let's attack a minority and blame all the church's problems on them. Why have only straight priests when they can't speak for gay Catholics? Why get upset over something no one can control and has been around before humans? Why kick gays out of church when they have to worship as well and lose out on great food at potlucks?

so that I remembered it was Harvey Milk. Some RW moron here on the radio tried to say we have more pedophilia in the Church because there are gay priests allowed. Um, no. Abusers are most often hetero, as you say.

to solve the shortage of priests. Another nutso group in charge.

of the United States and is gaining more ground every day . . . Constitutinal amendments, state laws banning gay marriage, other state laws banning gay adoption or foster parenting, attempts to ban books by gay authors, etc. . . . unless we can reclaim our country from the radical theocrats, an outright ban on homosexuality is the eventual logical outcome of this campaign . . .