Restoring the Sacred

Sunday, January 7, 2018

Fr. Jerry Pokorsky: Confronting the Gay Priest Problem



Fr. Jerry Pokorsky, one very courageous Catholic priest in the diocese of Arlington, Virginia, writing today at The Catholic Thing:


When a priest claims to be “gay and proud,” he is revealing that he has assented to his same-sex attraction. Free and deliberate thoughts have moral implications, as Jesus asserted: “But I say to you that every one who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart.” (Mt 5:28) The difference between internal assent and external action is only a matter of a sinful opportunity. An unabashed and proud “gay” priest has already committed sodomy in his heart.