THE CHURCH’S GAY SCAPEGOATING

Another statement from a bravely anonymous priest to the Boston Herald. There’s no pedophile problem. There’s a gay problem. “My personal feeling is, I don’t care,” this conservative priest asserts. “We should stand up and be counted, reaffirming the authentic faith. If this element [the gay clergy] isn’t rooted out, we’re going to see reoccurrences. Vocations will come back; God will take care of that.” These stories are not accidental. They’re deliberate. The church hierarchy have now found a way out of their dilemma. Bruised by revelations that they have sheltered, supported and ignored child molestation, they now want to purge not the clerics who hid the abusers – but gay priests who have done nothing wrong. This campaign suggests to me a civil war could soon break out in the American priesthood. It’s going to get brutal, as gay Catholics are targeted for smears, accusations and exposure.