“Poll Analysis: Priests Say Catholic Church Facing Biggest Crisis of the Century”
The Los Angeles Times did extensive surveys of U.S. priests in 1994 and in 2002. Read the story with links to other aspects of the poll.
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“CNS Special report: Coverage of John Jay study, National Review Board report”
On Feb. 27, 2004, the lay-led Office of Child and Youth Protection of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops released a survey on the cumulative toll of sexual abuse inflicted on children by priests during the past 50 years. The office commissioned experts from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York to […]
“Homosexual orientation among Catholic seminarian students”
The ReligiousTolerance.org article “Homosexual orientation among Catholic seminarian students” includes a list of the primary people who study this question and their research.
“A Gay Priest Speaks Out”
Rev. Gerard Thomas, a pseudonym for a gay U.S. priest, wrote “A Gay Priest Speaks Out” in 2005.
“Father Bernard Lynch, Gay Catholic Priest, Reveals He’s Married To A Man, Non-Celibate”
Read a July 10, 2012 article from the Huffington Post about a book a gay priest wrote revealing he’s married and non-celibate.
“Father Bob Pierson, Gay Priest, On Why Catholics Should Support Same-Sex Marriage”
Read a June 12, 2012, article from the Huffington Post about a gay priest’s support of same-sex marriage.
“One gay priest’s story”
Read an article posted on U.S. Catholic chronicling a priest’s experience coming out.
“Cardinal tipped to become first black pope in modern times blames gay priests for abuse scandals facing Catholic church”
Read a Feb. 19, 2013, article from the Daily Mail detailing how an African cardinal blamed gay priests for the child sex abuse scandal.
“Thou shalt not allow homosexuals to become Catholic priests”
Read “Thou shalt not allow homosexuals to become Catholic priests,” an Oct. 2, 2005, New York Daily News opinion piece by the Rev. John Trigilio Jr., president of the Confraternity of Catholic Clergy and co-author of Catholicism for Dummies (For Dummies, 2003).