Help End the Cycle of Spiritual Abuse
This site was created to provide you with an outlet to save LGBT children from the hypocrisy of priests in the Archdiocese of Washington who engage in romantic and sexual relationships, and yet stand silent while Archbishop Wuerl and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops increase their dogmatic war against all LGBT children of God. If you know that one of the priests in the Archdiocese is gay, or having a heterosexual affair, please share your story.
Why Church Outing?
Every Sunday, for generations, hundreds of thousands of gay and lesbian American Catholic youth are told in church, they need to be ashamed of who they are and are deemed to live loveless lives as social and religious abominations. The emotional, psychological and spiritual pain inflicted on them by Catholic priests and our church hierarchy is more damaging than any level of physical or sexual child abuse that is quickly condemned in our society.
More shameful is that this abuse is being inflicted by men, many of whom are gay themselves, leading closeted lives of self-persecution and quiet desperation.
Most shameful, is that many of these priests, while remaining silent, lead dual lives filled with romantic and sexual relationships.
As America grows closer to establishing full civil equality for LGBT citizens and our families, the Church hierarchy's attacks against all LGBT children of God increases. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, under the directive of Joseph Ratzinger, Pope Benedict XVI, is meeting to issue a new pastoral letter to every parish priest, demanding they speak out against LGBT equality and to raise money for political efforts to deny recognition of gay and lesbian families in civil law… Read complete article and Learn more - Silence = Sin *** Bringing The Light Of Truth To the Darkness Of Hypocrisy – ChurchOuting.org
Related links:
Catholic Church gives D.C. ultimatum
Gay Catholic group urges D.C. to defy church - By LOU CHIBBARO JR. – SOUTHERN VOICE
Lawmakers defy church pressure on DC gay marriage - By The Associated Press – 365gay.com
Gay Catholics, the Courage Apostolate, and Reparative Therapy – by MICHAEL J. BAYLY – The Wild Reed
Detroit - Bishop Thomas Gumbleton - SILENCED - February 2007
Will Phillips Arkansas Fifth Grader Refuses to Pledge Allegiance until LGBT people are Equal – planetransgender – Kelli Busey
A boy and his flag - Why Will won’t pledge. By David Koon Arkansas Times
Gruesome murder of gay teen in Puerto Rico
Jorge and Will: Tragedy and Hope - by: Kate Kendell - The Bilerico Project
To Be Catholic or Not To be Catholic - by Fr. Marty Kurylowicz
Maine Bishop Fights Marriage Equality - By Julie Bolcer - Advocate.com & Bangor Daily News
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