The Real Story About Celibacy

Here's an analysis by a priest who was in my diocese, who kept speaking out about active homosexual behavior, pornography, financial misdealings and adulterous affairs among his fellow priests.  For his efforts he got ex-communicated.  The website that published this (which is a little reactionary, but hey, maybe those reactionary types are right about this issue!) has been shut down since 2010 I believe.  What Father Haley writes is completely applicable today.  Now maybe Father Haley was seen as a nosy tattletale?  He certainly seems to have alienated Bishop Loverde who dealt with him harshly.  The funny thing is all the priests that Haley 'tattled' on actually did eventually get convicted or punished.  One of the more ironic things is that Father Haley was moved from my parish at St. Mark and replaced by a Father Brooks, who actually was arrested years later for buying child porn over the internet.  He was terrible priest.  Grouchy, unkind, impatient. And I can't figure it out, but it may be that the pastor of St. Mark at the time, whom Haley said had male prostitutes visit him, was just honored a few years ago for his 40 years of ministry?  I am not sure on the details.  I can't seem to piece them together from my online research, so I won't say his name.

People saw this crisis coming a long time ago.  It is such a sick shame.  I still think homosexuals can be good priests, but I'm beginning to think that many of those attracted to the priesthood are attracted for the wrong reasons and thus we have the volcano of predatory homosexual behavior which is killing the Church.  I've heard more than one source say that one of the problems is that homosexual priests tend to promote their own.  Heterosexual priests, who actually have given up a lot by taking a vow of celibacy, resent this.

There really is an active movement, lead by Father James Martin, to change the Church's teachings on homosexuality.  Even though I am sympathetic to the plight of homosexuals there are many far reaching reasons why the Church can not change its teachings.  It would be untrue to scripture, sacred tradition, and the Christian anthropology of sex and the family.

I fear a schism is coming.  The problem is this has been going on for decades, and now the bishops who were in charge during the spike of sex abuse cases are running the Church.  This seems to be a world-wide phenomenon.  Here's The Washington Post back in 2013 calling out Pope Francis, when he was Archbishop in Argentina, for often being quiet on sex abuse incidents on his watch.


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