Love Quote by Charles Benedict

“I was gay because I didn’t know if it would jeopardize my plans for priesthood and nobody wanted an out-of-the-closet gay priest at their…

— Charles Benedict

“Leaving the priesthood and coming out as gay would be a double whammy that would be difficult for some in the family, especially my…

— Charles Benedict

“As a gay man, the Church oppressed me and I walked willingly into its repressive and controlling arms. As a gay man, I willingly…

— Charles Benedict

“Two of my closest seminary friends broke all contact with me after I told them I was leaving priesthood and coming out of the…

— Charles Benedict

“I knew that a publicly gay priest would alienate many parishioners no matter where I was assigned.”

— Charles Benedict

“My son, the ex-priest who, by the way, is gay.”

— Charles Benedict

“Maybe I was a closet Catholic who, once taking the vows, can never lay them aside.”

— Mark Wildyr

“Though I wholeheartedly supported celibacy at the start of my seminary career, my opinion changed as I made my way toward and through priesthood.”

— Charles Benedict

“Occasionally, formation staff would join us for these conversations. Since the media—and the Church at times—and the sensationalized public perception erroneously connected pedophilia and…

— Charles Benedict

“Previously, gay life had seemed a merry series of cabinet reshuffles and rearrangements, in which everyone was single for a time, then paired off…

— Philip Hensher

“try to be an advocate for the gay community in the more conservative churches.”

— Sara Cunningham