A Bishop Has Finally Said It! We Need a Canon Law Banning Homosexuals from the Priesthood

First posted on the Les Femmes blog.

My husband and I with the priest who witnessed our marriage on the left (Fr. Hugh Monmonier) and Fr. James Haley on our 25th wedding anniversary 

I spent about 25 years in regular contact with Fr. James Haley who became a cancelled priest in the Diocese of Arlington when our former bishop, Paul Loverde, deep-sixed him over his efforts to address the homosexual problems in the diocese. While Arlington had a reputation for orthodoxy, there were a number of active homosexual priests practicing sodomy and using gay porn. Some of the cases went public because of Fr. Haley's perseverance to uncover the truth. Also, several good men left the priesthood voluntarily because of their experiences with the homosexuals.

When will canon law be used as it was meant to be: to defend the Faith?

The case for canonical discipline of Archbishop Weakland

George Neumayr of Catholic World Report writes: "How can ordinary lay Catholics be expected to uphold the Church's stand on the immorality of homosexual acts, if such a prominent Catholic leader is voicing opposite opinions? So canon lawyer Edward Peters asks 'what, if anything, will Rome finally do to vindicate the faithful against the appalling and on-going scandal of Abp. Rembert Weakland?... That Weakland is an archbishop...should not shield him from canonical investigation and punishment, but rather serves to underscore the need for his correction.'"