NL: Catholic church fires amsterdam priest who came out as gay
 

Afaik about how catholic church views these things its probably bc he admitted to not being celibate rather than being gay

good for the priest who came out, which is very difficult to do given it's commonly known catholic churches are anti-lgbt

shame on that church, silly how they still live in stone ages with these sort of things :idc:

His sauna escapades would be difficult to stomach even for anglicans :laugh:

Yes of course they would Fire him.
He is Gay
against the Catholic God.

..this is a bit of a tricky one because was he fired because he was gay or was he fired because he wrote a book about his sexual experiences and presented it at a sermon...?...

...it’s against the Catholic God to stand in judgement against anyone...only God judges...

Not true
Arista
Get you facts right

Gay saunas... he needs to find Jesus.

writing a book on his visits to gay saunas would have been fine if he had been saving souls, it's all in the presentation :laugh:

There does seem to be more focus on the 'celibate' thing than anything else.

Its probably not a good idea to write a book about your various escapades, when you are apparently required to have an 'ordered celibate life' :laugh:

Afaik they're fine with current priests being gay as long as they don't practice.
New gay applicants to seminaries are discouraged though
For some reason there's an impression gays are promiscuous and trouble :hmph:

Though rumours about the Vatican curia being predominantly gay continue
Out of the recent popes Paul Vl and Benedict XVI are considered gay.

This former Priest does seem to have been rather outrageous.

It is however time the Catholic church did away with it's still bad record on lgbt issues.

I have a feeling actually, Bishops would be surprised at the number of gay Priests they have.
Most not daring to reveal they are however.

From reading the above however, I can see how this guy got into bother with the hierarchy of the Church.

I also think it's time the Church relaxed its celibacy rule too.
I expected more from the current Pope actually.
He's been a disappointment on these issues.

...did he really promote his book during a sermon....crikey...:laugh:...

...there must be a pun in there somewhere....

The Pope has tried but theres strong opposition. He needs to wear the opposition down otherwise anything he does will be undone as soon as he dies

Yes I agree with that.

I can see why he got fired tbf.

‘ladies and gentlemen,Welcome to the congregation.
I shall now recite chapter ten, verse four,
The tale of when i got rimmed while sucking off a double ended dildo’

Yes who wants an honest priest who actively embraces who he is and who he loves? One who knows God accepts him for who he is and doesn't hide his sexuality...

Well yes but there's accepting your sexuality and there's being a local slut

Not judging, but his lifestyle was not compatible with his job

You are judging...and as we all know, only God can judge.

I was half joking, I don't begrudge him the saunas.

But employers judge too and the church was his employer
The bottom line is he was meant to be celibate and wasn't so they terminated his contract

Hi Kizxy.
On the other angle though.
He took a vow of celibacy, breaking that doesn't warrant support.
Now I think the Catholic church should remove the vow of celibacy from Priests.

It hasn't and he accepted ordination on that ruling and has broken it.

The same man would after his imperfection, not probably give communion to a divorcee, no matter the reason for the divorce.

Sadly most religions and certainly the Catholic church, are full of judging others.
So if those dishing out judgements, then fall short themselves, they leave themselves open to criticism.

It's time the churches and the Catholic church really just did away with judgements and condemnations by themselves.
I'm a Catholic but am dismayed still at my church's attitude still towards divorcees and the lgbt issue.

Well said, Joey