Catholics tend to project their heterosexuality and their fidelity onto their clergy, just like I did as a seminarian and young priest. It was for this reason that I had no idea that the two young priests with whom I served at my first parish assignment were homosexuals who were preying on our altar boys. Years later, when I discovered that most American-born bishops and priests were homosexuals, I understood why research professor, Rev. Dr. Paul Sullins, reported the following:
“Sexual abuse of minors by Catholic priests has been a persistent and widespread problem in the Church. Although more than 80 percent of victims have been boys, prior studies have rejected the idea that the abuse is related to homosexuality among priests. Available data show, however, that the proportion of homosexual men in the priesthood is correlated almost perfectly with the percentage of male victims and with the overall incidence of abuse. Data also show that while the incidence of abuse is lower today than it was three decades ago, it has not declined as much as is commonly believed, and has recently begun to rise amid signs of episcopal complacency about procedures for the protection of children.”
In many of my past articles, I demonstrated how a cleric’s sexual orientation affects his beliefs, teaching, preaching, and pastoral ministry. Because most lay Catholics are unaware of the sexual orientation of the Pope, bishops, and even their own parish priest(s), they are often incapable of recognizing differences between heterosexual and homosexual clergy.
Having served as a chaplain on active duty at Marine Corps and Navy commands for over 24 years, I can recall a Protestant closeted homosexual naval officer who converted to Catholicism so that he could enter the seminary and be ordained without his homosexual orientation being revealed. Had he been ordained a Protestant minister and not been married when he was around 30-40 years old, many congregants might assume that he was homosexual. Most Catholics don’t have a clue how many closeted homosexual priests are being ordained today, not only in the U.S., but also in countries like Ireland, where the late Bishop Pat Buckley wrote:
“Today, the Roman Catholic episcopate and priesthood are predominantly gay. Is it a case that they promote each other? Is it a case that they promote each other in return for sexual favors? The case of ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick is a case in point. McCarrick saw to it that many of his former bedfellows got miters. The old belief that the Holy Spirit appoints bishops is nonsense. A cleric gets promoted for being a company man, for having a brown tongue, and it seems for bending over for your superiors. Why are so many gay men attracted to the priesthood? Do they go in there to hide? Do they go in to escape? Do they go in for the position and the status? Do they go in for the easy, comfortable life?”
The latest sexual study of “actively ministering or retired priests” in the U.S., undertaken in 2012, reported that 26.9% of the priests identified as heterosexuals; 67.3% self-identified as gay/homosexual; and 5.8% reported that they were bisexual. When I first read that study, I thought the percentage of straight priests was low at around 27 percent. However, after confidentially polling both straight and gay priests from various dioceses throughout the U.S., I discovered that those figures were not only correct, but that the percentage of straight priests is even lower today. Based on recent estimates provided by priests themselves, I estimate that the percentage of heterosexually oriented American-born priests today varies in most dioceses between 5 and 20 percent.
While homosexual clergy often befriend other gay men whom they may encourage to study for the priesthood, straight priests often inspire other heterosexuals to become priests. One straight priest recently shared how delighted he was when nine young men from his parish entered the seminary. He was later discouraged when seven of the nine men left after they discovered that most of the seminarians were not only homosexuals, but a number of them were also having sex with one another.
Many people write and inquire how one can know if one’s bishop or parish priest is homosexual. Because many Catholics who attend the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) have large families and do not support efforts by gay clergy to condone homosexual behavior and welcome same-sex couples to the Lord’s Table, homosexual bishops are inclined to restrict TLM celebrations in their dioceses. Whereas homosexual clergy tend to be Democrats and preach about saving the planet and being welcoming to illegal immigrants, transgender individuals, and other minorities, straight priests are more often Republicans and inclined to expound upon pro-family and pro-life Church teachings in their homilies. Observant Catholics have noted too that gay priests seem to be away from the parish and vacation more than straight clergy.
While some clergy may come across as effeminate, a cleric can look very masculine and still be a homosexual. One of the best ways of discovering a priest’s sexual orientation is by his associations. When I moved to California and met a local pastor who invited me to join him and his friend for dinner, I got the distinct impression that they were both homosexuals. My assessment was strengthened when I left the rectory and discovered a rainbow flag bumper sticker on a car in the driveway. Fifteen years later, I learned that the pastor’s friend had drugged and sodomized a seminarian and Marine Corps veteran, Mark Brooks, in whose memory I dedicated my screenplay, “Den of Iniquity.” Unfortunately, I have since learned of many seminarians who were sexually assaulted by priests both in seminaries and in parishes. Two of those seminarians are currently engaged in lawsuits against the priests who abused them, along with the bishops and religious superiors who covered up the abuse.
Many straight seminarians like Anthony Gorgia and priests like Father Michael Briese have been unjustly dismissed from seminaries or removed from ministry by homosexual bishops for reporting clerical sexual abuse and/or homosexual misconduct. Such heterophobic and discriminatory actions explain why there are fewer and fewer straight seminarians and priests today.
Because homosexual bishops, like most closeted priests, fear being outed, they usually have a homosexual priest secretary. In many cases, they may have developed a “friendship” that dates back to when the secretary was in the seminary. A closeted homosexual was ordained for a Pennsylvania diocese in his early 30s, served as the bishop’s secretary, was made the chancellor, and then named the pastor of one of the largest parishes in the diocese. Before he turned 50, the gay priest ran off and “married’ another man. The homosexual bishop who promoted him retired in disgrace after the Pennsylvania Grand Jury reported how he covered up abuse committed by several predator priests in his diocese.
Homosexual bishops also often appoint homosexual priests to serve as the vicar general, vocation director, seminary rector, and, in some cases, the safe environment coordinator. A priest who propositioned me in the seminary was later placed in charge of his diocesan safe environment program. Not only was that priest himself later accused of abusing two teenage boys, but so too was his bishop sued by two male victims who each received six-figure settlements.
It is not unheard of for a priest to be consecrated a bishop by a cardinal, archbishop, or bishop with whom he may have been sexually involved. Hence, many of those who are present at ordinations to the priesthood and episcopacy often share the ordinand’s sexual orientation. Likewise, gay clergy are frequently in attendance at funerals for homosexual prelates and priests, especially if they shared a sexual relationship.
Another way of knowing if a bishop is a homosexual is if he covers up sexual abuse carried out by his priests against young men and boys. In some cases, the bishop cannot discipline the predator priest because the accused priest either knows that the bishop is or was sexually active, or, in some cases, because the bishop at one time was sexually involved with the predator priest. What can Catholics surmise about the sexual orientation of Pope Francis and Pope Leo who never disciplined 162 bishops worldwide (including 60 U.S. bishops) who have been publicly accused of sexually abusing minors and/or vulnerable adults?
The bottom line is that the Roman Catholic Church is composed mainly of homosexual clergy, controlled by the Lavender Mafia, whose theological malpractice most heterosexual laity and the Catholic media do not want to acknowledge or address. Anyone who questions this is encouraged to read In the Closet of the Vatican: Power, Homosexuality, Hypocrisy by Frédéric Martel. The 555-page work is the result of over 1,500 interviews with people in the Vatican and in 30 countries: among them, 41 cardinals, 52 bishops and monsignors, 45 apostolic nuncios and foreign ambassadors.
Some of Martel’s conclusions include:
The Vatican has one of the biggest gay communities in the world….it is one huge closet.
By forbidding priests to marry, the Church has become sociologically homosexual; and that by imposing a continence that is against nature, and a secretive culture, it is partly responsible for countless instances of sexual abuse that are undermining it from within.
The priesthood is the ideal escape route for young homosexuals. Homosexuality is one of the keys to their vocation.
There are more and more homosexuals as one rises through the Catholic hierarchy. In the College of Cardinals and at the Vatican, the preferential process is said to be perfected; homosexuality becomes the rule, heterosexuality the exception.
According to gay prostitutes of Roma Termini, “priests are willing to pay more than a normal client,” and, based on their impression of Catholic clergy, “happiness does not go hand in hand with money or the priesthood.”
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Gene Thomas Gomulka is a sexual abuse victims’ advocate, investigative reporter, and screenwriter. A former Navy (O6) Captain/Chaplain, seminary instructor, and diocesan Respect Life Director, Gomulka was ordained a priest for the Altoona-Johnstown diocese and later made a Prelate of Honor (Monsignor) by St. John Paul II. Email him at msgr.investigations@gmail.com.
This makes me so depressed. If one is homosexual, one should not be ordained. It is too late now; the whole system is corrupted. The Vatican is just one big gay bar and den of sodomy.
As a former seminarian, I can also attest that Gene’s analysis is spot on. Most priests and bishops are homosexuals.