{"id":14698,"date":"2010-08-06T10:56:02","date_gmt":"2010-08-06T14:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/?p=14698"},"modified":"2010-08-06T10:56:02","modified_gmt":"2010-08-06T14:56:02","slug":"more-gay-priest-scandal-in-rome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/more-gay-priest-scandal-in-rome\/","title":{"rendered":"More gay priest scandal in Rome"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Dear Editor: <\/strong>I commend the Vicariate of Rome for wanting gay priests out of the closet and out of the Catholic Church.<\/p>\n

Homosexuality is abnormal, immoral and anti-life. It is not innate as some believe. Sexual orientation is a matter of self-affirmation and public declaration. Dr. Francis Collins, who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his work sequencing the human genetic code has proven that homosexuality is not genetically \u201chardwired.\u201d The Bible condemns homosexuality outright.<\/p>\n

Scientific studies have also proven that homosexuality is linked to pedophilia. For example, a 1992 study in the Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy found that homosexual men are three times more likely than straight men to engage in paedophilia. A 1988 study of 229 convicted child molesters published in the Archives of Sexual Behaviour found that 86% of paedophiles described themselves as homosexual or bisexual. Dr. Richard Fitzgibbons, a U.S. psychiatrist with vast experience in treating priests with pedophilia, recently stated: \u201cEvery priest whom I treated who was involved with children sexually had previously been involved in adult homosexual relationships.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Michelle Cretella, a board member of the American College of Pediatricians also concluded from several studies that homosexually behaving teens and young adults suffer increased\u00a0 rates of depression, anxiety, eating disorders, addictions and suicidal thoughts. In addition, she found that boys who adopt a homosexual lifestyle because of the influence of their same-sex parents face a 30% chance of being dead or HIV-positive by the age of 30.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dear Editor: I commend the Vicariate of Rome for wanting gay priests out of the closet and out of the Catholic Church. Homosexuality is abnormal, immoral and anti-life. It is not innate as some believe. 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