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The special problem for homosexual candidates is that it asks them to lie about who they are; worse, if they accept, or even pretend to accept, the 'intrinsic disorder' nonsense, they will be drawn inexorably into a profoundly unhealthy and dangerous form of self-loathing.
I think it’s time to cut through the hypocrisy that drives this nonsense. Our bishops ought to tell us, plainly, whether they accept this directive; and if so how they are implementing it, both for seminarians and for clergy. What are they doing to purge the seminaries and the clergy of homosexuals? Alternatively, they should say plainly that the document is cynical, hypocritical and dishonest and they are ignoring it, or perhaps admit that they have paid lip service to it. If homosexuals are excluded from priesthood, two-thirds of the bishops (probably all of the culture warriors) would be gone; and probably nearly the same proportion of priests -- most of them good, holy, effective priests.