text: There was a clear statement by JPII that the Church erred in allowing homosexuals in the priesthood.  The muddy water is because the men recognize that, as God points out in Leviticus, by his animal nature ALL mankind is capable of perverse sexual relations in our animal nature, SO they decided SOME people have no same sex attraction but some have such a negligible amount that it isn't a threat and some have more but have never acted on it etc.  The problem is, they are placing themselves in an occasion of sin and scandal if they have same sex attraction and they live in rectories together and they hear the confessions of the vulnerable.  Also, there is a distortion of their perception of the human person because of their disordered attraction so reason and love of the deposit of faith and love of the sheep would seem to preclude all but the most negligibly same sex attracted, keeping in mind the attacks of the evil one are sure to come.  We need to pray for the priesthood.