“It Is Not a Closet. It Is a Cage.” Gay Catholic Priests Speak Out

The New York Time’s Elizabeth Dias profiles gay priests and seminarians who discuss the challenges of being leaders in a church that is critical of homosexuality, despite there being thousands of gay priests. Dias writes, “The fall of Theodore E. McCarrick, the once-powerful cardinal who was defrocked last week for sexual abuse of boys and young men, has inflamed accusations that homosexuality is to blame for the church’s resurgent abuse crisis.” She notes there are studies that find no connection between sexual abuse and homosexuality. Father Bob Bussen of Park City, Utah, who was outed around 12 years ago, said, “Life in the closet is worse than scapegoating. It is not a closet. It is a cage.”

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