Only one priest has obeyed Bishop Olmsted - so far...

A week after they were ordered by the bishop to remove their names from a pro-gay statement, only one of nine Catholic priests who signed the document has complied.

One of the signers, the Rev. Andre Boulanger, has said he will not remove his name from the statement, first issued in January 2003.

Olmsted, in a column titled "The blessing of a chaste life: The call to holiness of homosexual persons," pointed out that "homosexual acts are always wrong, always the opposite of holiness. . . . Those who engage in homosexual acts commit serious sin."

The bulk of the article described the Catholic belief that all followers of Jesus Christ are called to holiness. For "persons with a homosexual inclination," the calling includes chastity and sexual abstinence, Olmsted wrote.

Boulanger said the bishop's column "is well-written and logical" but is built on the "false premise that homosexuality is an aberration."

Not only does the Church teach that homosexual acts are always wrong, but the light of natural reason does as well. One wonders what sort of 'education' some of these men received?

Please keep Bishop Olmsted in your prayers - The stables in Phoenix are apparently in need of a major cleansing.

Article here.

Here is the Holy See's document, "Considerations Regarding Proposals To Give Legal Recognition To Unions Between Homosexual Persons".