modern pedophilia scandals in the Roman Catholic meeting-house in Boston and elsewhere have brought renewed suspicion of gay priests and revived the issue of whether the church's requirement of celibacy for its clergymen should remain.

modern pedophilia scandals in the Roman Catholic meeting-house in Boston and elsewhere have brought renewed suspicion of gay priests and revived the issue of whether the church's requirement of celibacy for its clergymen should remain. In 1986 George de Stefano wrote an Advocate article exploring the challenges faced by means of gay priests and lesbian nun The temple declares homosexuality morally neutral nevertheless gay sex as sinful. "While all Catholic religious are obliged to lead celibate lives," De Stefano wrote "the distinction between orientation and behavior has special significance for gay people"

The conflict between personal autonomy and institutional demands makes the situation, in the words of single priest, "a real tightrope walk." Many clerics repudiate the dichotomy. "Many of us have decided that what the church teaches about homosexuality is wrong" added another.

to this time some gay priests stay in the meeting-house because they believe they can help create change. As individual priest explained, "I love the house of god despite the faulty sexual theology.... The influence of those who single out to stay will be felt"

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