Vatican investigation seeks 'evidence of homosexuality'

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Vatican investigation seeks 'evidence of homosexuality'
The review of U.S. institutions follows a series of sex abuse cases
By LAURIE GOODSTEIN
New York Times

Investigators appointed by the Vatican have been instructed to review each of the 229 Roman Catholic seminaries in the United States for "evidence of homosexuality" and for faculty members who dissent from church teaching, according to a document prepared to guide the process.

The Vatican document, given to the New York Times last week by a priest who was granted anonymity because he feared retribution, surfaces as Catholics await a Vatican ruling on whether homosexuals should be barred from the priesthood.

In a possible indication of the ruling's contents, the American archbishop who is supervising the seminary review said earlier this month that "anyone who has engaged in homosexual activity, or has strong homosexual inclinations," should not be admitted to a seminary.

Edwin O'Brien, archbishop for the U.S. military, told the National Catholic Register that the restriction should apply even to those who had not been sexually active for a decade or more.

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