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	Why McKinney Priest's Ouster Matters By Rod Dreher Dallas Morning News May 16, 2008 http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/collin/opinion/stories/DN-mallinson_16edi.ART.North.Edition1.46799c8.html Rod Dreher of Dallas is an editorial columnist. His e-mail address is rdreher@dallas news.com. The abrupt resignation of the Rev. Art Mallinson from St. Michael's Roman Catholic parish in McKinney after only two weeks on the job was right and proper. By involving himself in a lewd online discussion group for homosexual priests, Father Mallinson severely damaged his ability to serve as pastor of that or any parish. One media report described the now-defunct St. Sebastian's Angels Web site as a "support group" for gay priests. That innocuous description is entirely misleading. The site, which boasted more than 50 priests as members, featured pornographic imagery and photographs of naked men. It contained extensive, profanity-laced discussions of sexual fantasies and adventures. A South African bishop once posted a message that said he looked forward to the death of Pope John Paul II and shared his desire to poison Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who would later become Pope Benedict XVI.
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