HOMOSEXUAL PRIESTS: A TIME FOR TRUTH

Exclusive commentary by Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson
President of B.O.N.D.

The purpose of the press is to let the truth be known to the people. But having seen report after report of the sex scandal in the Catholic Church, I am sorry to say that yet again the media is failing us by refusing to tell us that the primary problem within the church is an epidemic of homosexual priests. We know that most victims of these crimes are young boys, and the perpetrators are grown men—why is it so hard to say that this epidemic is a direct result of homosexuals being given authority that they should not have?

We’ve heard for some time now about priests who are openly homosexual, but apparently few within the Church seemed to see a need to resolve this issue. It’s even more troubling, then, that the media is so unwilling to report something that has long been known. Of course we know that the media is basically liberal, and has the intent of promoting a biased agenda. But you’d think that at least some would have the good sense to report honestly when the physical and psychological safety of so many children are at stake.

If the media, the most far-reaching informational source, refuse to accurately report this predominantly homosexual scandal, then the truth is being concealed and this problem may never be resolved. If something isn’t done, homosexuals will continue to gain authority over our children and country, and the effects will be disastrous.

Homosexuality is an aberration of sexual normalcy and causes an out-of-control sexual appetite—those who cannot control themselves should not be watching over our children. Take the Boy Scouts for example. How can a Scoutmaster be entrusted as the sole, unchecked supervisor to care for your kids out in the woods, far away from authority, if he is not sexually restrained?

The same goes for the public schools, such as Fairfax High School here in Los Angeles, which many years back adopted a program called “Project 10”, which encouraged kids to live as homosexuals openly and freely. The indoctrination of young, innocent minds by homosexual teachers goes against a child’s conscience and innocence and is contrary to the teachings of most parents.

The homosexual movement has a history of trying to claw its way into places its agenda doesn’t belong, not for the betterment of mankind, but simply to legitimize and normalize perverse behavior. This is apparent in the all-too-common need of homosexuals to declare their sexuality rather than simply do the job they sign on to do.

This is extremely detrimental—first, it creates conflict with others as most believe homosexuality to be wrong, and it shows that the full efforts of the employed homosexual are not going towards performing the task at hand but largely to declaring their lifestyle. When it comes to serious concerns such as the Church, schools, and the Boy Scouts that involve our children, we can’t take the risk of giving them this power to destroy the values we as parents try to instill, nor can we put our country’s welfare at stake by turning these pivotal foundational institutions and our military into homosexual social experiments.

The homosexual movement is marked by two major tendencies: the tendency to continually infiltrate all good aspects of society; and once they have achieved that, the tendency to destroy this good. Public education, the Boy Scouts, the military, and now the Catholic Church have been targeted, and all have been hurt by the effects of homosexuality. The media and the Church must break its silence towards this enemy. If they do not, the people themselves must rise up and expose it, or the Catholic Church will fall and our society too will fall. And as Dr. King noted, when the end has come and our society has been destroyed, we will not remember the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson is the Founder and President of BOND, the Brotherhood Organization of A New Destiny, a nonprofit organization dedicated to “Rebuilding the Family By Rebuilding the Man.” He is also the author of the widely-acclaimed book, FROM RAGE TO RESPONSIBILITY.

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CARDINAL BEVILACUA ON HOMOSEXUAL PRIESTS
Bevilacqua: Gays can't be priests

The risk that a homosexual priest would break his vow of celibacy and chastity is "much higher" than for a heterosexual priest, Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua said yesterday.

Bevilacqua, at a press conference preceding last night's American Cardinals Dinner, said the Archdiocese of Philadelphia's St. Charles Borromeo Seminary rejects any would-be priest who acknowledges homosexual tendencies. The comments, his most extensive on the topic of gay priests, came as he insisted that American cardinals returned from Rome in agreement that a zero tolerance policy should be adopted for all U.S. priests who have sexually abused minors.

"All of the cardinals are agreed on zero tolerance, and by that I mean that we all are agreed that no priest guilty of even one act of sexual abuse of a minor will function in any ecclesial ministry or any capacity in our dioceses," he said.

Bevilacqua, the only cardinal among eight in Philadelphia yesterday to meet reporters, said there had been a misunderstanding that the cardinals were in disagreement.

He said they're all agreed to push for zero tolerance as a U.S. policy to be adopted when the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops meets June 13-15 in Dallas. Then, he said, the cardinals would ask the Vatican to make it law for the entire American church.

Late in the news conference, Bevilacqua waded into the gay priest issue, which is heating up as part of the church's internal debate.

"We feel that a person who is homosexually oriented is not a suitable candidate for the priesthood, even if he did not commit an act [of gay sex]," he said.

"There is a difference between heterosexual candidates and homosexual candidates," he said. "A heterosexual is taking on a good thing, becoming a priest, and giving up a very good thing, the desire to have a family."

A gay seminarian, even a chaste one, he said, "by his orientation, is not giving up family and marriage. He is giving up what the church considers an abomination."

He said, "It is possible we have homosexuals who are very chaste [as priests]. But the risk is much higher, that he will fail on celibacy.

20 Jun 2006