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Homosexual clergy in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia
Estimating numbers
United States
Studies find it difficult to quantify specific percentages of
Roman Catholic priests who have a homosexual orientation (either openly gay or closeted).
[9] Nevertheless, several studies suggest that the incidence of
homosexuality in the
Roman Catholic priesthood is much higher than in the general population as a whole.
[10][11]
Studies by Wolf and Sipe from the early 1990s suggest that the percentage of priests in the Catholic Church who admitted to being gay or were in homosexual relationships was well above the national average for the United States.
[12] Elizabeth Stuart, a former convener of the Catholic Caucus of the Lesbian and Gay Christian movement claimed, "It has been estimated that at least 33 percent of all priests in the RC Church in the United States are homosexual."
[13]
The
John Jay Report suggested that "homosexual men entered the seminaries in noticeable numbers from the late 1970s through the 1980s",
[14] and available figures for homosexual priests in the United States range from 15–58%.
[9][15]
One report suggested that since the mid-1980s Roman Catholic priests in the United States were dying from AIDS-related illnesses at a rate four times higher than that of the general population, with most of the cases contracted through same-sex relations, and the cause often concealed on their death certificates. A follow-up study the next year by the
Kansas City Star found the AIDS-related death rate among priests was "more than six times" the rate among the general population in the 14 states studied.
[16]
A 2002
Los Angeles Times nationwide poll of 1,854 priests (responding) reported that 9 percent of priests identified themselves as homosexual, and 6 percent as "somewhere in between but more on the homosexual side". Asked if a "homosexual subculture" (defined as a "definite group of persons that has its own friendships, social gatherings and vocabulary") existed in their diocese or religious order, 17 percent of the priests said "definitely", and 27 percent said "probably"; 53 percent of priests who were ordained in the last 20 years (1982-2002) affirmed such a subculture existed in the seminary when they attended.
[15]
Shortly after, the Vatican ordered an "apostolic visitation" to examine American seminaries directed by the Vatican. The visitation began in 2005, and the final report of that effort was issued in 2008. The report spoke about "difficulties in the area of morality ... Usually, but not exclusively, this meant homosexual behavior." Steps were subsequently taken to deal with the problem, including correcting a "laxity of discipline".
[17]
Vatican
Pope Francis has been asked by journalists about a perceived "gay lobby" within the
Vatican itself, and investigative journalists have caught high-ranking people in the Vatican engaging in gay behaviour.
[18]
In October 2015, on the day before the
second round of the Synod on the Family, a senior Polish priest working in the Vatican,
Krzysztof Charamsa, stated publicly in Italy's
Corriere della Sera newspaper that he is
homosexual and has a partner.
[19] He said he had intended to draw attention to the church's current attitude towards gay Catholics which he described as "backwards". In his resignation letter to
Pope Francis he thanked him for some of his words and gestures towards gay people. However, he criticized the Catholic Church for being "frequently violently homophobic" and "insensitive, unfair and brutal" towards people that are gay. This is despite the fact that he claimed there are significant numbers of gay men, and at all levels within the church including the cardinalate. He called for all statements from the Holy See that are offensive and violent against gay people to be withdrawn, citing Benedict XVI's signature of the 2005 document that forbids men with deep-rooted homosexual tendencies from becoming priests as particularly "diabolical".
[20]
Homosexuality and the episcopacy
Main article:
Gay bishops
Although
gay lifestyles have been condemned by the church, a number of senior members of the clergy have been found to have had homosexual relationships. Archbishop
Rembert Weakland, who retired in 2002, was alleged to have been in a relationship with a former graduate student;
[32] Juan Carlos Maccarone, the Bishop of
Santiago del Estero in Argentina, retired after video surfaced showing him engaged in homosexual acts;