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Press Release Archive (2002)

Vatican Remarks on Gay Priests, Sexual Abuse Condemned

Submitted by dignityusa on Mon, 03/04/2002 - 00:00

 

Leaders of DignityUSA today condemned statements by Vatican spokesman Dr. Joaquin Navarro-Valls in which he blamed clergy sexual abuse on gay priests. Navarro-Valls was quoted in the March 3, 2002 The New York Times as saying that "People with these inclinations just cannot be ordained," and likening their ordination to a marriage that could be annulled.

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Gay Catholics Challenge Pope, Cardinals on Rome Meeting

Submitted by dignityusa on Sun, 04/07/2002 - 00:00

As leaders of the American Catholic Church prepare for their extraordinary meeting with Pope John Paul II to discuss the clergy sexual abuse scandal, the leading organization of gay Catholics wrote to them, with their thoughts about what those talks should include. The thirteen American Cardinals, including embattled Cardinal Bernard Law of Boston, have been summoned to Rome for meetings on this topic April 23-24.

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DignityUSA Addresses Priest Sex Abuse Scandal

Submitted by dignityusa on Sun, 04/07/2002 - 23:00

 Washington, DC, April 8, 2002 — The Board of Directors of DignityUSA, the nation's largest organization of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered (GLBT) Catholics, met here this weekend and devoted much of its meeting to issues raised by the clergy sex abuse scandal unfolding in the Catholic Church. The following statement was issued at the conclusion of the Dignity Board's deliberations.

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Gay Catholics Welcome Archdiocese's Clarification of Remarks about Gay Priests

Submitted by dignityusa on Mon, 04/22/2002 - 23:00

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Gay Catholics Condemn Remarks by US Catholic Bishops Conference President

Submitted by dignityusa on Mon, 04/22/2002 - 23:00

Warn of Possible "Witch Hunt" to Oust Gay Priests  

April 23, 2002 — Gay Catholics reacted with outrage to remarks following the first day of official meetings with Vatican officials, including the Pope, on the clergy sexual abuse scandal in the US Catholic Church.

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Philadelphia Cardinal "Slanders" Gays

Submitted by dignityusa on Sun, 04/28/2002 - 23:00

Catholics Urged to Call for an End to Bigotry, Scapegoating

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Gay Catholics Respond to Draft of Bishops’ Policy on Sexual Abuse

Submitted by dignityusa on Mon, 06/03/2002 - 23:00

Applaud De-Linking Homosexuality and Abuse

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Law’s Comments on Same-Sex Unions Called “Offensive & Unacceptable”

Submitted by dignityusa on Tue, 07/30/2002 - 23:00

Group Launches Campaign to Document Catholic Experiences of Gay Commitment Ceremonies

DignityUSA Responds to Closure of Archdiocesan Gay Ministry in Los Angeles

Submitted by dignityusa on Thu, 09/19/2002 - 23:00

September 20, 2002 — DignityUSA, the national organization of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Catholics, their families, friends and supporters, today expressed profound sadness at the closure of the Los Angeles Archdiocese Ministry to Lesbian and Gay Catholics.

Latest Vatican Attack on Gay Priests, Seminarians Called “Flawed Theology”

Submitted by dignityusa on Sun, 09/22/2002 - 23:00

Gay Catholics Applaud Jesuit Journal for Article by Supportive Bishop

September 23, 2002 —"Father Baker’s attack on gay priests and seminarians is flawed theology and grossly outdated psychology." That is the reaction from leaders of DignityUSA, the organization of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Catholics, to an article published in the Sept 30th edition of the Jesuit magazine America.

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