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"Archbishop: ‘We support’ priest who came out as ‘gay’ in Sunday homily"
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"With the approval of his archbishop, a Catholic priest announced to his parish and to the world that he is a homosexual during Sunday Mass.
The Rev. Gregory Greiten, a priest of the Milwaukee Archdiocese and pastor of St. Bernadette Parish, said, 'I am Greg. I am a Roman Catholic priest. And, yes, I am gay!'
In a carefully crafted one-two punch, Greiten’s Sunday announcement was quickly followed on Monday by a lengthy column penned by the homosexual priest for the National Catholic Reporter (NCR).
Not once in the over 2,200 word NCR commentary did Greiten acknowledge the Lordship of Jesus Christ or his dedication to him; nor was the importance of repentance and confession mentioned. And while Greiten’s proclamation makes it abundantly clear he is 'gay,' conspicuously absent is a declaration of personal chastity.
Milwaukee Archbishop approves homosexual pastor’s homily and NCR screed
In advance of the Sunday announcement, Milwaukee's archbishop, the Most Rev. Jerome Listecki, met with Greiten, who warned his superior of his plans. Rather than forbid or counsel against the priest’s actions, Listecki instead issued a statement backing his announcement.
'We support Father Greiten in his own, personal journey and telling his story of coming to understand and live with his sexual orientation,' said Listecki...
Greiten suggests that a stunning proportion of priests in the United States identify as 'gay.'
'There is no question there are and always have been celibate, gay priests and chaste members of religious communities. According to the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate, in 2016, there were 37,192 diocesan and religious priests serving in the United States. While there are no exact statistics on the number of gay Catholic priests, Fr. Donald B. Cozzens suggested in his book, The Changing Face of the Priesthood, that an estimated 23 percent to 58 percent of priests were in fact gay. It would mean that there are anywhere from 8,554 (low) to 21,571 (high) gay Catholic priests in the United States today.'
Priest says God creates people ‘gay’ or ‘transgender’
Greiten went further, asserting that God creates people to be homosexual, and that embracing one’s own identity as 'gay' or 'transgender' or that of others, is the first step in being one’s 'authentic self,' and becoming 'fully alive.'
'I promise to be my authentically gay self. I will embrace the person that God created me to be,' declared the pastor. 'In my priestly life and ministry, I, too, will help you, whether you are gay or straight, bisexual or transgendered, to be your authentic self — to be fully alive living in your image and likeness of God. In reflecting our God-images out into the world, our world will be a brighter, more tolerant place.'...
Fr. Greiten counts himself as a type of hero, saying, 'I stand with these few courageous priests who have taken the risk to come out of the shadows and have chosen to live in truth and authenticity.'"
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