Honduran Seminarians Allege Widespread Homosexual Misconduct

TEGUCIGALPA (HONDURAS)
National Catholic Register

July 25, 2018

By Edward Pentin

But to date, Cardinal Maradiaga has not responded publicly to the allegations regarding his archdiocesan seminary.

Nearly 50 seminarians in Honduras have protested against what they say is a widespread and entrenched pattern of homosexual practice in Tegucigalpa’s major seminary.

In a letter written to the seminary’s formators that was subsequently circulated in June to the country’s Catholic bishops, the seminarians asserted “irrefutable evidence” exists that a homosexual network pervades the institution and is being protected by its rector.

“Heterosexual seminarians are scandalized and really depressed,” one of the seminarians who drafted the letter told the Register.

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