Francis DeBernardo
Francis DeBernardo, executive director of New Ways Ministry in Mount Rainier, Md., which serves gay and lesbian Catholics, has been critical of the Vatican’s resistance to homosexuality.
Category: Gender & sexuality
“Poll: U.S. Catholics Angry At Church”
A 2009 CBS poll discovered two-thirds of Americans didn’t like how the Catholic Church was handling the sexual abuse scandal.
“Gay Rights Attitudes a Mixed Bag”
A 2005 Gallup poll found that while Americans were supportive of equal job rights for homosexuals, they didn’t think people who are gay should be clergy members.
“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.
“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.
“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.