GAY PRIEST ADDRESSES POPE’S AND CARDINAL DOLAN’S REMARKS ON GAYS

UNITED STATES
Towleroad

BY RJ AGUIAR

Pope Francis made remarks about gay priests and gay Catholics that generated a great deal of publicity on Monday. New York cardinal and archbishop Timothy Dolan subsequently made comments the following day that, according to some, attempted to backtrack on the Pope’s message of tolerance and peace. It’s not often that you find someone with a vested interest in both Catholicism and LGBT rights. Fortunately, HuffPost Gay Voices managed to find Father Gary Meier, an openly gay priest and author of the book Hidden Voices: Reflections of a Gay, Catholic Priest, and asked for his thoughts on the two potentially-conflicting messages spouted by both the Pope and Cardinal Dolan.

“I’m not the only gay priest,” Meier began. “In fact, there are lots of gay priests in the clergy and in the Catholic church today.” He went on then to explain that the Pope’s original comments could potentially aid those gay members of the clergy who live life in fear of being exposed to their colleagues and congregations.

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