An uneasy pastoral fit into lavender San Francisco

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/12/16/MNGAKG93S21.DTL

"Some who are seriously mistaken have named sexual orientation as the cause of the recent scandal regarding the sexual abuse of minors by priests," Niederauer said in the interview with the Intermountain Catholic News, which was published Monday.
His reference to "sexual orientation" stands in contrast to the Vatican instruction's description of "persons with deep-seated homosexual tendencies."

Niederauer said gay men committed to Christ and the church can effectively minister as priests, and he said sexual orientation was "a structure of human personality." In contrast, the Vatican instruction states that men "who practice homosexuality, present deep-seated homosexual tendencies or support the so-called 'gay culture' " are unfit for priesthood.

Pastoral requirements I believe.

I was in San Francisco in 1990. It was a depraved place in need of any light possible... genuinely scary.