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
CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING PROPOSALS TO GIVE LEGAL RECOGNITION TO UNIONS BETWEEN HOMOSEXUAL PERSONS [from the Vatican website] INTRODUCTION In recent years, various questions relating to homosexuality have been addressed with some frequency … 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
29 December 1975: Persona Humana (scroll down for excerpt) 01 October 1986: Letter to the Bishops on the Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons June 1992: Some Considerations Regarding the Catholic Response to Legislation Regarding Homosexual Persons 04 November 2005: Instruction … 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
[This paper on clerical sexual offenses was submitted to the Ad Hoc Committee on Sexual Abuse of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in 2002. Professor Germain Grisez is considered by many to be America’s premier Catholic moral theologian. … 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