ITALY
Gazzetta del Sud
(see related) Rome, June 12 – A leading group supporting victims of priest sex abuse responded Wednesday to reports of Pope Francis complaining of a gay lobby in the Vatican and a “stream of corruption” in the Roman Curia. “Sexual orientation isn’t the real problem. Sexually active and thus compromised clerics are the real problem,” said Barbara Dorris, outreach director of the US-based Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP). “Allegedly celibate men (gay or straight) can, and often do, take advantage of their status and power. “It’s highly unlikely there will be a thorough ‘clean sweep’ of Curia personnel. But if that were to happen, it still won’t make much of a difference. “Structure, not sexuality, is the real issue. The church is a monarchy. Monarchs are unaccountable. So many monarchs are corrupt”.
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