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A Bishop Corrects Francis' Homosexual Exaggerations

Francis' statement about homosexuality in the Church is an example of his "spontaneity" that can sometimes "play tricks on him", Bishop José Luis Retana of Salamanca, Spain, told LaGacetaDeSalamanca.es (29 May).

"I believe that he cannot make the statement in this way," Mgr Retana clarified: "It can happen that a person who takes refuge in his homosexuality can enter a seminary. In my 15 years as rector of the seminary, this has only happened to one person".

A situation of homosexual seminarians is "not usual", said the former rector of a seminary: "It cannot be said that the seminaries are full of homosexuals, at least I cannot confirm that."

Perhaps Francis based his statement on his experience with the Argentinean Jesuits. The Jesuits are one of the most decadent religious communities in the Church.

Picture: José Luis Retana, #newsCinuzuldfg

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John A Cassani

If a bishop denies that his seminary is full of homosexuals, it is probably full of them. I remember looking through some documents on bishopaccountability.org years ago. There is a letter from Cardinal Medeiros of Boston to either the CDF or Congregation for Clergy or Catholic Education where he acknowledged that St. John’s Seminary had been overrun as of the late 60s or early 70s, but that he had cleaned it up. That was in the late 70s, and he died in 1983. It wasn’t cleaned up, by any stretch of the imagination, until around the time the sex abuse scandal became public.

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P. O'B

The statement of this bishop is opposed to the reality.

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