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Exploring the historical celibacy connection
When I was in the seminary, I had no idea how many of my fellow seminarians were homosexuals. The reason is that we often project onto others what we see in ourselves. If a faithful husband sees a friend having dinner with a beautiful woman he knows is not his wife, he may approach him anticipating that the woman is a visiting relative or business partner. However, if an unfaithful husband sees a friend having dinner with a beautiful woman who is not his wife, he may not approach him, assuming that his friend is also having an affair. Had I been a sexually active homosexual seminarian, I would have been in a much better position to identify who was straight and who was gay amongst both the seminarians and the seminary faculty.
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CLERICAL HOMOSEXUALITY 101 FOR CATHOLICS
Exploring the historical celibacy connection
