UNITED STATES
Renew America
Matt C. Abbott
September 29, 2005
Not surprisingly, there are still some priests and laypersons who assert that homosexuality was and is not a factor in the clergy sex abuse scandal.
I don't know whether to blame political correctness or just plain denial for this misguided notion.
In a recent news story, Father Charles Bouchard, president of Aquinas Institute of Theology, is quoted as saying:
Some people do feel homosexuality would disqualify a student. I hope we can provide evidence that should not be the case.
We don't want to make it look like it's just a question if someone is gay or straight. But whether they have the ability to live celibate and be effective ministers.
I think it might be relevant in as much as that it answers some people's question that possibly there is a link between homosexuality and pedophilea [sic]. I don't think that link exists, so I'm not afraid of that question.