Sentences with phrase «seated homosexual tendencies»

And, most of all, what is meant by «deep - seated homosexual tendencies»?

The instruction says that the Church «can not admit to the seminary or to holy orders those who practice homosexuality, present deep - seated homosexual tendencies, or support the so - called «gay culture.

Under Pope Benedict XVI, the church had tried to purge men with «deep - seated homosexual tendencies» from the priesthood.

Not at that moment, but, a few days after his return to Rome, Tarcisio Cardinal Bertone, the Vatican's secretary of state, issued a statement, explicitly approved by the pope, reaffirming a directive of 2005 that nobody is to be admitted to priestly formation who suffers from deep - seated homosexual tendencies, engages in homosexual acts, or supports the «gay culture.»

In 2005, during the papacy of Pope Benedict XVI, the Vatican issued directives that barred men from the priesthood «who are actively homosexual, have deep - seated homosexual tendencies, or support the so - called «gay culture.»»

Not exact matches

But the number of homosexual clergy with «deep - seated» tendencies is not.