Barely a week ago the media was full of reports that The Pope used an offensive gay slang word during a meeting with Italian bishops, where he joked about the number of gay men in seminaries.. Pope Francis repeated his opposition to openly gay men joining priest training colleges, and then joked that there were “already too many “‘frociaggine’” in some seminaries.
From the outside looking in, this appears to be part of the double standards the Catholic Church has towards homosexuality. Several prominent experts on clergy sexuality have estimated a third of U.S. priests are gay men, who serve a church that teaches being gay is “disordered,” in opposition to God’s plan.
The case of Monsignor Jeffrey Burrill is a prime example of the Chruch’s duplicity He was forced to resign from his post as the top administrator at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops only after the Pillar a Catholic news site, said it had mobile app data showing he was a regular on Grindr and had gone to a gay bar and a gay bathhouse and spa. They refused to say where its data came from.
Of course, sexuality is not an issue when it suits the Church to simply turn a blind eye, like in the case of the hunky openly queer designer Filippo Sorcinelli who has been designing robes for the past two Popes. this is along side his other business Cyber SEX line of scents that has gay-themed fragrances with names like “Cruising-area ” and ‘popper-pop“.
Actually when you look at his outfits he makes for Popes with the sparkly headdresses and ornate robes covered in gilded embroidery they are the stuff that drag queens would kill for