Priest Who Wrote Vatican’s Anti-Gay Guidelines Accused of Sex With Male Seminarians

[trotsky]

http://www.towleroad.com/2016/05/tony-anatrella/

A French priest who has written disparagingly about gay people and acted as a counselor to student and novice priests struggling with their sexuality has been accused of having sex with male clients.

Monsignor Tony Anatrella – who earlier this year told new Bishops they are not obligated to report a suspected abuser to authorities – is still regularly consulted on matters of sexuality by the Vatican.

One of his accusers said that Anatrella engaged in various sex acts with him in the Monsignor’s Paris office, with the activity allegedly occurring up until a few years ago. Daniel Lamarca claims Anatrella said he could rid him of his “pseudo-homosexuality” by performing sex acts.

And the Vatican's reaction to sexual abuse was oh so typical:

According to Religion News Service, Lamarca added that although he reported Anatrella to the archbishop of Paris in 2001, nothing was done.

[PJMcK]

1. Of course he was (n/t)

[whatthehey]

2. I know it's bad form to accuse all theocrazy homophobes of latent desire for the same

But by Ganesh it happens, or is at least reported, that way way more often than you would think would be random chance. I am sure there are many many scrupulously and narrowly heterosexual homophobic godbotherers of course who don't get the press, but in a society where acceptance of a range of sexualities is getting more the norm (broader society of course, the RCC remains thoroughly medieval here as is its wont), you'd think there wouldn't be that many closeted basket cases screeching bile while scanning M4M listings on Craigslist left to expose.

On the other hand I must admit he was honest. Performing gay sex acts does indeed rid one of "pseudo homosexuality". The pseudo part, that is.

[cleanhippie]

3. Apparently, that's what they do.

[skepticscott]

4. Waiting for the usual

suspects to weigh in to defend this. Or to post another attack on atheists as a distraction.

Or just to shoot off their mouths about guns.