cardinal keith o brien resigns - Scotland

Capt'n Midnight

newspaper allegations of inappropriate behaviour with priests

would have resigned at 75 anyway in a few weeks time

standing aside , won't be voting for the pope


only UK cardinal who could have voted for pope, 3rd Scottish cardinal since reformation etc.



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-21572559

The Vatican has said it will look into claims that Britain's most senior Roman Catholic behaved "inappropriately" towards four priests in the 1980s.

Cardinal Keith O'Brien strongly contests the allegations, which were made in Sunday's Observer newspaper.

admiralofthefleet

at least its alleged that he was with someone hos own age and not a child

kneemos

There seems to be a high proportion of gay men in the priesthood,don't see what the attraction is.

Capt'n Midnight

given the timing , how likely is it to be a hatchet job ?


'suppose it's like the cop with a week to retirement

Kylo Ren

kneemos wrote: »

There seems to be a high proportion of gay men in the priesthood,don't see what the attraction is.

At what point does it stop becoming a pristhood and start becoming a gay club?

kneemos

Keno 92 wrote: »

At what point does it stop becoming a pristhood and start becoming a gay club?

Chaps would be an indicator.

Sauve

kneemos wrote: »

There seems to be a high proportion of gay men in the priesthood,don't see what the attraction is.

For a lot of men, it's an easier way to deal with being gay than coming out. Especially if they're quite religious already, and would have moral problems with the fact that they're gay.
They join the priesthood, take a vow of chastity, and problem solved. (In theory of course)
That's my take on it anyway..

Grayson

kneemos wrote: »

Chaps would be an indicator.

When they're still wearing black with a white collar, except it's made from leather and the collar has spikes.

Balmed Out

Was he not just in the papers advocating priests marrying?

Table Top Joe

Sauve wrote: »

For a lot of men, it's an easier way to deal with being gay than coming out. Especially if they're quite religious already, and would have moral problems with the fact that they're gay.
They join the priesthood, take a vow of chastity, and problem solved. (In theory of course)
That's my take on it anyway..

And no ones going to question why a grown man has willingly given up a sex life with the opposite sex,under any other circumstances this makes you a bloody weirdo,as a priest your admired for it(used to be anyway)

Kidchameleon

Sauve wrote: »

For a lot of men, it's an easier way to deal with being gay than coming out. Especially if they're quite religious already, and would have moral problems with the fact that they're gay.
They join the priesthood, take a vow of chastity, and problem solved. (In theory of course)
That's my take on it anyway..

Also, a person with peadophilic tendencies would be attracted to the priesthood, there was enormous respect for priests back in the day and it was the perfect setup to abuse. Nobody would believe that the priest would be abusing.

TheLastMohican

kneemos wrote: »

There seems to be a high proportion of gay men in the priesthood,don't see what the attraction is.

Elementary my dear Watson keemos - more gay men!

Sauve

Kidchameleon wrote: »

Also, a person with peadophilic tendencies would be attracted to the priesthood, there was enormous respect for priests back in the day and it was the perfect setup to abuse. Nobody would believe that the priest would be abusing.

There's no question of paedophilia here, simply 'imappropriate actions with other men.'

Don't blur the two!

Latchy

Balmed Out wrote: »

Was he not just in the papers advocating priests marrying?

Yes, a convenient interview last week knowing that by the time this story broke he would have resigned .

docmol

He had some "outspoken" views on homosexuality and turns out to be gay....

Annasopra

Balmed Out wrote: »

Was he not just in the papers advocating priests marrying?

Yes

Sauve

But wasn't there something about 'innapropriate actions'?

rainbow kirby

Oh look, another homophobe isn't exactly practicing what he preaches. Nothing new here apart from how senior he is!

kneemos

TheLastMohican wrote: »

Elementary my dear Watson keemos - more gay men!

Pretty extreme if all you want is to meet more gay men.

Fratton Fred

docmol wrote: »

He had some "outspoken" views on homosexuality and turns out to be gay....

Stonewall called him biggot of the year apparently.

1ZRed

docmol wrote: »

He had some "outspoken" views on homosexuality and turns out to be gay....

Shocked? This stuff happens in everyday life too. They're just a fuked up crowd altogether

1ZRed

Fratton Fred wrote: »

Stonewall called him biggot of the year apparently.

It's grand, now Stonewall can call him faggot of the year :P

Gran Hermano

So he asked 4 priests to kiss his ring?

smcgiff

Keno 92 wrote: »

At what point does it stop becoming a pristhood and start becoming a gay club?

Right about when they decided marrying women was not allowed. Was that not indication enough :D

smcgiff

Sauve wrote: »

But wasn't there something about 'innapropriate actions'?

If you're a RC cardinal especially one that makes an issue out of homosexuality, then what he's accused of would be 'inappropriate actions' .

TheLastMohican

kneemos wrote: »

Pretty extreme if all you want is to meet more gay men.

Yeah! But gay men in uniform and already wearing collar for leash