The Vatican has suspended a senior priest in the Holy See who acknowledged homosexual relations in a supposedly anonymous television interview, but was identified by superiors from background shots of his office.
In a major embarrassment for the Roman Catholic Church’s hierarchy, Vatican spokesman Father Federico Lombardi said on Saturday the monsignor, whose name was not released, was suspended from duty pending an internal investigation.
Local media identified him as a senior figure in a Vatican department which oversees matters relating to priesthood and said he also made regular appearances on Vatican television.
Thus, the whole difference in belonging to the Church, which has disciplinary perogatives, and a community which has not.
What’s the over/under on how many days until he is received in TEC?
I checked the line, CV: It’s in hours, not days.
Well, its an all-male organization. The safest place for a gay man – if they just keep their mouths shut. The crime is actually confessing in public what all RC bishops know in private.
You know, John Wilkins, I’d be willing to bet that not all RC bishops knew *this* guy was gay.
So are you claiming that the effort is to hide that a priest assigned to the Vatican is gay, that ANY priests are gay or that ALL priests are gay?