"No one is forcing them to stay priests..."

Rome!

Gay priests!

Italian Cardinal Agostino Vallini!

"Cardinal Challenges Rome's Gay Priests: They never should have become priests.



From: The Catholic World Report. October 2010.


"Responding to a magazine's reports on widespread homosexuality in the priesthood, the Pope's vicar for the city of Rome has challenged gay clerics to amend their lives or leave the priesthood.

"[S]aid Cardinal Agostino Vallini of the actively homosexual clergy: They never should have become priests.

"[H]e added: No one is forcing them to stay priests.

"The cardinal was responding to an article in Panorama magazine that reported many priests were regular patrons of gay bars and night clubs.

"The article suggested that homosexuality was widespread among the priests of Rome.

"The Rome diocese pointed out that the priests who were active in the city's homosexual life were not necessarily priests of Rome, noting many priests from around the world come to study and work in Rome.

"But Cardinal Vallini added a stronger message, denouncing priests who continued to take the benefits of clerical life while engaging in homosexual activities..."