The Anglican Communion is currently attempting to come to terms with the issue of homosexuality among its priests.
There has been much publicity surrounding the debate. There are those who are worried and concerned that it might well cause division within the church.
While the Anglicans discuss the matter in private and in public, there is little or no debate within the Catholic church concerning the matter. Indeed, it is almost a taboo subject.
Why is that?
It would seem that the Anglicans have the courage and openness to address the issue and then talk about it publicly.
Of course it is a significant matter within the Catholic church too but there is no discussion about it. To add to the complexity of the matter there seems to be a nexus between clerical closet homosexuality and an inordinate 'concern' for pseudo-orthodoxy. There also seems to be a link between some type of curious piousity and closet homosexuality within clericalism.
It is very difficult to understand how gay men, who are priests, manage to give such support to the conservative aspects of Catholic church teaching. It seems that the tendency is in the ascendent. It is most unlikely that there will be any attempt to discuss the issue. And that is a great pity.
Gay men are anything but misogynist, the same cannot be said about gay clerics.
No anonymous comments will be published on this topic.
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2 comments:
Michael. This is a recurrent topic which you want discussed. That's laudable in its own right. How can you possibly expect people to engage in a discussion with you on this when it 'seems' that you have already made up your mind on the matter.
No, I have not made up my mind on the 'matter'.
My problem is with the closet side of things. And also with the dishonesty that surrounds the issue. The nonsense that goes on around it all. Maybe it is time to give chapter and verse to support my thesis.
I asked for no anonymous comments. I suppose an 'anonymous priest' is outside the 'barring order'.
Do we know one another?
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