I read somewhere in the last six months that about half
by KevinPS (2019-06-21 12:41:01)

In reply to: half of the SJ's that taught at my high school were gay  posted by jt

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of Jesuit seminarians over some period of time were (I don't know if it's still accurate) gay. It was in CNA or Crux or a similar outlet. That would be in line with your HS experience.

This shouldn't be surprising.
by ewillND  (2019-06-21 14:23:08)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

If you are a young, Catholic, homosexual man, you have two choices:

1) live your life in celibacy--either openly homosexual but fending off all possible loving relationships so that you can remain celibate, or closeted with everyone you know openly wondering if you are gay. Ultimately, it's a really lonely existence either way. Or

2) Join the priesthood, where you will have a brotherhood and a community to support you, and no one will question your celibacy.

it's really no wonder that so many priests are homosexual. The system is set up in such a way that it's really the only viable option for a homosexual man who wants to remain faithful to the Church.

There are quite a few homosexual men who would disagree
by TCIrish03  (2019-06-21 18:00:08)     cannot delete  |  Edit  |  Return to Board  |  Ignore Poster   |   Highlight Poster  |   Reply to Post

With the overt negativity of your #1. Sex isn't water or food, and you can love without sex. They have come to find fulfilling platonic relationships with other men while not having to hide behind a sham heterosexual marriage.

Granted, it is hard, and I'm not discounting that people have had a difficult time in history, but it's easy to fall into the "if it feels good, do it" trap (though heterosexuals have our own problems there), but it can be done. The Courage apostolate (linked) is one of the main ones, but there are others.

My hope is that now that the taboo is gone, we can move on to it not seeming like a hopeless situation while at the same time be able to live lives faithful to Christ's teaching on marriage. But there will always be perversions of the law, of all kinds.

Edit: this post applies to both men and women.