Catholic Schism Being Revealed as Homosexual Priest Document Readies for Release
By John-Henry Westen
VATICAN
November 14, 2005

(LifeSiteNews.com) - As the publication of the new Vatican document on homosexuality and the Catholic priesthood is about to be published at the end of the month, several Catholic leaders including an American bishop have publicly stated their views against the long-standing Vatican position against ordaining men with homosexual inclinations to the priesthood. Rochester, NY, Bishop Matthew H. Clark, was the latest to come out in favour of homosexual priests in a column in his diocesan paper Saturday.

Homosexual priests in Canada and the United States have condemned the Church's position in mostly anonymous statements to the media. However some US and Canadian priests have also identified themselves while publicizing their rejection of the Catholic position on the matter. In recent weeks the former head of one of the largest religious orders in the Catholic Church did so, and his statements are closely followed by those of Bishop Clark.

Rev. Timothy Radcliffe, the international leader of the Dominican Order from 1992 to 2001, last week slammed any suggestion of barring homosexuals from the priesthood, and suggested barring "homophobes" instead. "Any deep-rooted prejudice against others, such as homophobia or misogyny, would be grounds for rejecting a candidate for the priesthood, but not their sexual orientation," he said. Story