And there was the priest abuse scandal that touched me directly, and how Catholic bishops just turned a blind eye. Cardinal John O’Connor showed no compassion, and I couldn’t understand that for the life of me.įrom a religion that always preached compassion, there wasn’t any. The religion treated you like a pariah, and I have vivid memories of watching the news during the AIDS crisis and being dumbfounded by the sit-in by ACT UP at St. It always seemed that there was nothing worse than growing up a closeted gay Catholic.
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