Gay Priest Says Homophobia Kept Him From AIDS Mission
By MARY KATE BURKE,
LAW and JUSTICE UNIT

Aug. 10, 2006 — The Rev. Fred Daley, 59, and a Roman Catholic priest, was scheduled to be on an AIDS mission to Africa last Sunday.

He had undergone months of training and was preparing to spend more than a year in Lesotho, where one-third of the population suffers from AIDS.

"The airline tickets had been sent," Daley said to ABC News. "There was no condition to that."
It turns out there was a condition, and now Daley won't be going anywhere.

On July 18, Daley was suddenly withdrawn from his mission to Lesotho by its organizers, Catholic Relief Services.

He says the reason: He is gay. the rest