By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP
A gay vice principal who was forced out of his job at Eastside Catholic School filed a discrimination and wrongful termination lawsuit against the school and church on Friday. Lawyers for the church and school planned
Former vice principal sues Eastside Catholic over dismissal
Zmuda, the vice principal who was forced to resign from Eastside Catholic School after marrying his partner in a same-sex wedding, is filing a discrimination lawsuit against the school and the Archdiocese of Seattle.
Zmuda’s attorney, Richard H. Friedman, said
UN committee blasts Vatican on sex abuse, abortion
By Nicole Winfield
The Vatican “systematically” adopted policies that allowed priests to rape and molest tens of thousands of children over decades, a U.N. human rights committee said Wednesday, urging it to open its files on pedophiles and bishops who
Spain’s new cardinal says homosexuality a ‘defect’
Pope Francis’ newly chosen Spanish cardinal, 84-year-old Fernando Sebastian Aguilar, has described homosexuality as a “defect” that can be corrected with treatment, sparking condemnation from gay rights groups.
“A lot of people complain and don’t tolerate it but with all
‘Comfortable being gay’: a priest speaks
An Irish priest who has come out to many friends and colleagues says that he is ‘happy in his life’ and that the Catholic Church’s teaching on sexuality needs to change
by Patsy McGarry
He asks to be described as
Be Careful What You Ask
… Nienstedt denies any clergy sexual abuse cover-up, regrets ‘lost confidence’
File under: Same Old Story — Archbishop thinks gay marriage bigger threat than sexually abusive priests
by Madeleine Baran
Archbishop John Nienstedt said he accepts responsibility for addressing the unfolding clergy sexual abuse crisis and regrets that a growing
Catholic Chaplains Won’t Bury Married Gay Soldiers
File under: For the love of Jesus!
“No Catholic priest or deacon may be forced by any authority to witness or bless the union of couples of the same gender. No Catholic priest or deacon can be obliged to
Melbourne Priest Greg Reynolds Defrocked And Excommunicated By The Vatican
Book Review by John Minck
Secrecy, Sophistry and Gay Sex in the Catholic Church — Book Report
Rev. Richard Wagner, PhD, ACS
This is a tough book to read. It covers a complex and detailed, 13-year-long administrative action to dismiss a Catholic priest from his