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The New York Times
Editorials/Op-Ed When the Vatican Pays a Visit (5 Letters) Published: October 2, 2005 To the Editor: Amy Welborn ("The Sins of the Seminaries," Op-Ed, Sept. 25) implies that most Catholics are not well served by their clergy. In fact, psychologically mature priests are the norm, and sex abusers and alcoholics the exception. As for the Vatican investigation of American seminaries, the problem is not whether it is or is not aimed at gay seminarians. The problem is that it is one more example of an in-house inquiry destined to miss the mark. Recent history offers us the example of the lay commission that has had considerable success in addressing the sex abuse crisis. So let the laity investigate the seminaries. They are, after all, as Ms. Welborn points out, those whom the clergy are preparing to serve, and they may have an idea or two about how to be leaders in today's world that is drawn from wider experience than clerical culture. They may even have the common sense to see that sexual orientation has very little bearing on who is and who is not able to act with honesty and integrity. Paul Lakeland Trumbull, Conn., Sept. 25, 2005 The writer is a professor of Catholic studies at Fairfield University. • To the Editor: Amy Welborn pours some much-needed cold water on the burning "controversy" generated by the coming seminary visits by the Vatican. Rather than witch hunts, they are merely long-overdue attempts to clean up an out-of-control seminary system whose failings are well documented and painfully visible. John L. Stehn Port Washington, N.Y. Sept. 26, 2005 • To the Editor: Amy Welborn sows nothing but confusion. I agree that practicing homosexuals are not living the chastity they will profess on the day of ordination. Yet the lovely virtues she lists of supposedly heterosexual seminarians are completely possible to be had by and to be expected of homosexual and chaste seminarians. R. Bruce Bavinger Wilson, N.C., Sept. 25, 2005 The writer is a Jesuit priest. • To the Editor: John L. Allen Jr. ("At the Vatican, Exceptions Make the Rule," Op-Ed, Sept. 27) paints a homey picture of a stern but ultimately benign Vatican that Protestant-influenced "Anglo-Saxons" in the United States are unable to comprehend. It is true that a history of casuistry has resulted in a flexible interpretation and application of canon law and disciplinary rules. And it is true that Catholic parish life often seems far removed from Rome and that Catholics can find abundant mercy in the sacraments and good pastors. But North American Catholics do not live in Italy, and the modern Vatican is no longer the insulated Italian outpost of previous centuries; it is an administrative center of a worldwide organization that has had to adopt an "Anglo-Saxon" seriousness about the meaning of church discipline. The irony about the potential document concerning gay seminarians is that the Catholic Church in the United States is one place where Roman authority is widely respected, and where the clergy, despite the recent scandals perpetrated by a few, try to take celibacy seriously. The approach described by Mr. Allen could serve to undercut the seriousness with which American Catholics still receive Roman authority, even when they are disheartened by it. Paul G. Crowley Santa Clara, Calif., Sept. 27, 2005 The writer, a Jesuit priest, is chairman of the religious studies department, Santa Clara University. • To the Editor: While John L. Allen Jr. has some lovely things to say about Catholicism and the Italian sensibility, he doesn't mention the glaring fact that Pope Benedict XVI is not Italian, but German. I, as well as many other Catholics, fear that he indeed intends to enforce his rules. Giulia Melucci Brooklyn, Sept. 27, 2005 プロ・ゲイの米カトリック指導者、バチカン訪問へ - NYタイムズ
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