Local RC authorities in Rome distance selves from recently outed same-sex acting-out priests:
Rome, July 23 – Catholic Church authorities in Rome on Friday urged gay priests to come out after an Italian newsweekly ran an expose’ claiming many of the clerics in the capital led a “double life”.
“No one is forcing them to stay priests, only getting the benefits,” said a statement from the Vicariate of Rome, led by Cardinal Agostino Vallini, one of the Vatican’s top figures.
“Coherence demands they should come out into the open,” it said. “They never should have become priests”.
They also throw down the already-thrown gauntlet. A great struggle here, gay-life-appreciators vs. faith-defenders. Much more to come on this extremely important Catholic-church issue.
Blithe Spirit 