No one need be reminded of the earth shaking effects that sexual abuse has had upon the Catholic Church in the United States and around the world. Catholics everywhere now carry the stain of these events in recent and past Church history and they are not easily ovecome in the minds of non-Catholics who remember them. The effects of this profound human failing will not soon be forgotten by anyone. No one need be reminded that these sexual acts committed shamefully in the darkness of secrecy, virtually to a one, were committed by male priests against young adolescent males. These reprehensible acts were, we must acknowledge, motivated in a larger degree by same sex interest, which suggests that homosexuality among the offenders was a key factor in precipitating these crimes, despite what some others may say to the contrary.
Which is I why I must now suggest that the Litrugy, perhaps more than any other place and time in the Catholic experience must be preserved from not only from the stain of personal same sex attraction but from any silent approval of the same in the life of the Church. We must not either by our silence or indifference ever be seen giving the appearance of condoning the choice of some to live out that homosexual lifestyle publically in opposition to the teachings of the Catholic Church. That means specifically that even those who participate in the music of the Liturgy of the Mass, must be in good standing with the Church regarding Catholic teachings against same sex relationships which exist either secretly or publically. We owe it to Christ and to the Holy Sacrifice which takes place on the altar, the singular most important event that ever took place in human history, to preserve the Eucharist from the scandal of homosexuality and opposition to the Church.
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