UNITED STATES
Huffington Post
[with video]
A former friar believes that homosexuality is a “ticking time bomb” for the Catholic Church.
Days before Pope Benedict XVI is officially set to resign from papal office, two bombshells rocked the Catholic Church.
First, On Feb. 21, an article published in Italy’s La Repubblica newspaper alleged that Benedict was influenced to resign by an unsourced report claiming the Vatican has been influenced by multiple internal lobbys, including a gay one. The report also claimed members broke the Sixth Commandment, which is “linked in Catholic doctrine to the proscribing of homosexual acts,” according to The Guardian.
Then, three days later, Cardinal Keith O’Brien, known for his anti-gay rhetoric, was accused of “inappropriate” behavior with other priests and offered his resignation.
Mark Dowd, an openly gay man and a former Dominican friar, spoke on Monday with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour about the recent gay sex scandals to hit the Catholic Church.
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