According to the regulations of the Catholic Church, all clergy must maintain physical fidelity and remain celibate for the rest of their lives, and clergy such as priests are men. In recent years, however, the Church has been exposed to various scandals by the media, and just last week, the Italian Catholic Church was once again embroiled in the gay priest scandal.
francesco mangiacapra
According to the Daily Mail, Francesco Mangiacapra (hereinafter referred to as m), an Italian male entourage, published a 1200-page document that brought together a large number of information on gay Italian clergy who had x-relationships with him, including the names of 40 clergy, screenshots of their conversations on social software, photos of clergy, and even photos of their Ding Ding and a large number of photos of private parts.
The 40 clergy belong to the diocese of Naples, Italy, including 34 priests and 6 friars, all the evidence is derived from whatsapp, facebook, telegram and grindr (Note: foreign well-known comrades about *p software), these clergy will pay nearly a hundred euros to have a relationship with them. M said one of the priests took nude photos in front of the clock, sent them to him via whatsapp, and asked him "if he likes his own Ding Ding".
None of these clergy have been charged with having relationships with minors.
M said he did not do so to oppose the Church, but to hope that the Catholic Church would stop its hatred of the gay community. "We're talking about sin, not breaking the law. I just want these people to stop their hatred of comrades. As an advocate of sexual freedom, I do not condemn the same-sex orientation of these priests. Comradehood is not a crime. What should be condemned is the contradiction between these priests," he said.
Regarding the two-sided life of these clergy, he said: "My purpose is not to hurt these clergy, but to make them understand that their two-sided life, although it seems convenient, is not good for them and for others." For the faithful, these people should be their role models and guides. M said he was annoyed by the hypocrisy of the Catholic Church and that he felt it was his duty to expose the double face of this segment of the clergy to the world.
The document was submitted to the Bishop of the Diocese of Naples, who said in a statement that he had decided to forward the dossier to the Vatican because none of the priests mentioned in it were under his jurisdiction.
The cardinal said: "This accusation is very serious, and if these documents are true, then these clergy will have to pay a price and must repent." ”
In fact, this is not the first time that M has been exposed. He had previously exposed Father Luca Morini in Italy, accusing him of amassing money from parishioners and squandering thousands of euros to pay his entourage, throw parties, buy drugs, and patronize hotels and restaurants. He also released a video showing Father Morini smoking drugs with a male entourage.
The existence of gay clergy within the Church has become an indisputable fact. In 2015, comrade priest Monsignor krzysztof charamsa, who worked in the Vatican, came out in public and was immediately expelled from the Holy See.
Stills from the movie "Comrade Priest"
In November 2017, an Italian journalist published a media-stirring book exposing gay sexuality in Catholic youth seminaries. Before that, the movie "Comrade Priest" also told the story of a gay priest.
In addition, according to the Italian daily il fatto quotidiano, the Vatican police found an ongoing X party in the apartment of a cleric close to the Pope, which belongs to the Catechism of faith, whose duties include dealing with the x-disorder behavior of the clergy.
In the country, gay clergy also exist.
According to Xiaofeng (pseudonym), there was once a monk who talked to him on the blued, and after the two sides added WeChat, Xiaofeng found that the other party's circle of friends was full of photos of the relevant activities of monks in a Catholic seminary in Beijing. Xiao Feng asked if he was a monk, but the other party replied that he was an ordinary catholic, only looking at Mass in the convent, and when asked about his work, the other party only called himself a migrant worker. His answers are very different from what is in his circle of friends. The "migrant worker" asked If Xiaofeng lived by himself and asked him if he was "1" or "0", but did not answer after learning that Xiaofeng was sharing a house.
Xiao Feng suspected that the other party was a monk in the monastery and asked another monk he knew to verify. According to the monk, the other party was a Chongqing parish monk, and comrade priests and monks were not uncommon in the church.
According to him, there is a gay priest in the western parish. The young priest, named Xiaoyu (pseudonym), often participated as a cleric in the cultivation of the faith of gay believers, and he was a comrade himself. Father Xiaoyu has had several boyfriends, one of whom has been ordained as a priest and one is a college student in Fujian who serves in the choir. Father Rain also made a monetary deal with the college student for some reason. At present, the Church has discovered the relevant behavior of the priest and is paying close attention to it.
The informed monk introduced that most of the comrades and monks in the monastery knew each other, and the WeChat circle of friends also showed that the "parishioner" monk and Father Xiaoyu knew each other and often interacted. Another gay believer in the Beijing area also said that he had once made an appointment with a monk.
In the country, comrades are still not accepted by the public, and some comrades born in Catholic families come out and send them to the seminary for "face" reasons because their parents cannot accept this fact. In this way, these comrades can not only justifiably remain celibate and avoid the trouble of urging marriage, but also "win glory" for the family and become respected priests. Xiaofeng also said that his comrades and friends around him also had examples of joining the monastery after coming out.
In addition, the standard of living of domestic priests is not the poor life that people imagine, and macbooks, iPads, etc. have become standard items for priests. Since priests do not need to worry about buying a house, getting married and other problems, to a certain extent, being a priest is also a very good life choice.
Within the Church, there are also great differences in the attitude towards gay personnel, although the Catholic Catechism stipulates that gay personnel cannot be discriminated against, and the new religion Francis has also made comrades-friendly remarks, there are still a large number of anti-gay forces within the Church.
Bishop Li Shan of Beijing said in a sermon at the 2017 Easter Celebration Mass that comrades are an act of seeking surrender from God and are as serious as other violent crimes. The audio of his sermon was fully released on the public account "Youth Choir Class". But there were also some clergy who were friendly to comrades, even within the Diocese of Beijing. It can be seen that on this issue there is no unity within the Church.
The original purpose of the Church's celibacy was to enable the clergy to serve God wholeheartedly and not to be bound by worldly things. On the other hand, however, it also weakens the sense of responsibility of the clergy. In contemporary times, faith and clergy are facing multiple challenges. The weakening of people's faith is not only due to the progress of science and technology, but also from the continuous exposure of scandals within the Church, which has confused people.
Can relying on faith overcome human instinctive desires? Can flesh-and-blood young priests and monks control the hormonal impulses? Everyone goes through puberty and believes that everyone has their own answers. Whether celibacy is worth upholding is also a question that the Catholic Church has to face.
--end--