The Catholic Church's "Weeding Out Teh Gay" job filter

[marmar]

from the NY Times:



Prospective Catholic Priests Face Sexuality Hurdles

By PAUL VITELLO
Published: May 30, 2010


Every job interview has its awkward moments, but in recent years, the standard interview for men seeking a life in the Roman Catholic priesthood has made the awkward moment a requirement.

“When was the last time you had sex?” all candidates for the seminary are asked. (The preferred answer: not for three years or more.)

“What kind of sexual experiences have you had?” is another common question. “Do you like pornography?”

Depending on the replies, and the results of standardized psychological tests, the interview may proceed into deeper waters: “Do you like children?” and “Do you like children more than you like people your own age?”

It is part of a soul-baring obstacle course prospective seminarians are forced to run in the aftermath of a sexual abuse crisis that church leaders have decided to confront, in part, by scrubbing their academies of potential molesters, according to church officials and psychologists who screen candidates in New York and the rest of the country.

But many of the questions are also aimed at another, equally sensitive mission: deciding whether gay applicants should be denied admission under complex recent guidelines from the Vatican that do not explicitly bar all gay candidates but would exclude most of them, even some who are celibate. ..........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/31/nyregion/31gay.html

[Tesha]

1. "Do you have an invisible friend?" (NT)

[Bluebear]

2. "Do you like gladiator movies? Ever seen a grown man naked?"

[marmar]

3. LOL.....

[Bluebear]

4. :))

[donco6]

6. SNORT!

That'd get right to it.

[bobbolink]

5. I like children more than I like most adults.

Uh oh.

I can never be a Catholic priest. Oh woe is me. :cry:

[Brickbat]

7. So sad.