Monsignor Whim-worshipper
The man La Repubblica identified as the Vatican official can be heard saying that "he didn't feel he was sinning" by having sex with gay men and asking his visitor if he liked him.
I'm sorry, but you can't derive doctrine from "feeling". If that's the standard, then we all can do whatever we "feel" like. That was the suspendable offence here, not hitting on another male. As long as the person is of age and not under the priest's direct supervision, I really don't care about that, and I think that Christendom dwells disproportionally on sexual sins in general. As a human, I can understand his "feeling", and I don't at all envy him having to square that with his job. But it just doesn't square, with the church or with rational thought.
Comments
Posted by: jeffrey smith
Posted on: October 14, 2007 10:58 PM
There's also that pesky little vow of celibacy he made that said "it doesn't matter what I feel, I won't". Or maybe he decided that it only applies to women.
Posted by: Jeffrey Quick
Posted on: October 15, 2007 08:13 AM
Or perhaps he has a Clintonian view of sexual relations.