Summary: The circle of abuse is the tragic legacy of the attempts by homosexuals to legitimize having sex with boys. For too many boys it is already too late to protect them from those who took advantage of their need … Continue reading
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Is there an epidemic of homosexuality in the priesthood? Recent media reports of an “epidemic” of AIDS among priests causes an examination of the problems in the Church that have led to the current situation. [this article by Jesuit priest … Continue reading
Time magazine 24 September, 1990 By Anastasia Toufexis. Reported by Julie Johnson/Washington and Joyce Leviton/Atlanta. The tales would rattle even the sturdiest confessional. First came the story of seven Roman Catholic priests who were charged in the mid-’80s with sexually … Continue reading
CONGREGATION FOR CATHOLIC EDUCATION Instruction Concerning the Criteria for the Discernment of Vocations with regard to Persons with Homosexual Tendencies in view of their Admission to the Seminary and to Holy Orders [from the Vatican website] Introduction In continuity with … Continue reading
[In June 1992 the Vatican sent the following Letter to all the bishops of the United States.] CARDINAL RATZINGER [text from Christian Order] Foreword Recently, legislation had been proposed in some American states which would make discrimination on the basis … Continue reading
CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH [Text from Vatican website] The issue of homosexuality and the moral evaluation of homosexual acts have increasingly become a matter of public debate, even in Catholic circles. Since this debate often advances arguments … Continue reading
by John Allan Loftus, S.J., PhD. Emmanuel Convalescent Foundation Aurora, Ontario Copyright 1989 by Emmanuel Convalsecent Foundation St. John’s Sideroad, RR #2 Aurora, Ontario L4G 3G8 All rights reserved Printed in Canada ISBN 0-929008-04-9 … Continue reading
Jesuit priest, former Executive Director of Southdown, and member of Justice Normand Glaude’s Advisory Panel Jesuit priest Father John Allan Loftus, former Executive Director of Southdown, Canada’s prima facility for “treating” clerical sexual abusers, has been an advocate and active proponent … Continue reading
Donna J. Markham OP, PhD/ABPP Kelly Lecture University of St. Michael ’s College Toronto , Ontario November 18, 2004 An incredible synchronicity seems to be emerging in the face of these quite challenging and dangerous times. As we enter more … Continue reading
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For those unfamiliar with Southdown (Emmanuel Convalescent Centre) the facility is located in Aurora, Ontario, fifty kilometers north of Toronto and was established in 1965 “with the generous support of the bishops” primarily to provide treatment for alcoholic priests the … Continue reading