ST. LOUIS (MO)
365Gay.com
Posted: September 27, 2005 9:00 pm ET
(St Louis, Missouri) "Are you, or have you ever been, a homosexual?" That is the question that Vatican investigators began asking this week at Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis.
The seminary is the first in the country to face the scrutiny of inquisitors in their investigation of gays in American seminaries.
The president of Aquinas, Father Charles Bouchard, said he is opposed to the line of questioning but has no choice but to allow the investigators to probe students.
"Some people do feel homosexuality would disqualify a student. I hope we can provide evidence that should not be the case," he told a news conference.