Vatican Gay Witch Hunt Begins [View All]

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Vatican Gay Witch Hunt Begins
by Beth Shapiro 365Gay.com New York Bureau

Posted: September 15, 2005 5:00 pm ET

(New York City) The Vatican has begun its investigation of America's 229 seminaries to root out gays.

The threat that the Catholic Church was embarking on a pogrom against gay clergy first arose last month when new regulations submitted to Pope Benedict for his approval suggested that gays not be considered for the priesthood. (story)

The Church is attempting to lay blame on gays for the child abuse scandal that has rocked Roman Catholicism. Vatican investigators arrived in the US this week to gauge the scale of the scandal and to determine how many gay priests are in the priesthood.

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With respect to the Catholics in this forum, I have to say this is typical of Rome and has been for many centuries. Rather than actually deal with problems, it is much easier to just blame some outside group and start an Inquisition.