Syracuse priest disputes AIDS study findings and cry for more education
A Syracuse priest questions survey methods on AIDS among clergy while calling for more seminary education about sexuality. The report cites rising AIDS deaths among priests, with estimates ranging up to hundreds nationwide, and panels discuss celibacy, homosexuality, and the church's response.
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Syracuse
Widh
Dennis Rapsch
Catholic Charities
Archdiocese of Miami
National Catholic Aids Network
U.S
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
Keefe
Gumbleton
United States
Rome
Vatican
Taiing
Melanie Greaves Hirson
Priests Homosexuality Debate Rages in Catholic Church
AIDS related priest deaths prompt debate over how many clergy are gay. Estimates vary from 5 to 30 percent, with experts like A. W. Richard Sipe citing 30 percent and active about half, while others warn against pinning a number. Analysts discuss causes including vocation dynamics and celibacy, naming notable cases like William Hart McNichols.
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Syracuse
Hal
Jeffrey Keefe
Assumption Church
North
Salina Street
Keefe
Courage
Jon Fuller
Boston Medial Center
The
Star
Kansas
Missouri
California
Massachusetts
A.W. Richard Sipe
Joseph Barone
U.S
Barone
North American College
Rome
National Catholic Aids Network
Charlie Isola
New York City
Isola
Kigti Fldeer
William Hart McNichols
New Mexico
Department of Psychiatry
Johns Hopkins University
Sipe
Boston Medical Center
Harry Morrison
Seminary Years in the 1960s and AIDS Deaths
The story recounts a seminary in the 1960s with 26 students, seven ordained, three of whom later died of AIDS, highlighting a stark arc from vocation to tragedy within that cohort.
Kansas City Star Survey Of Priests 1929 Method And Demographics
The Kansas City Star mailed a survey to 3,013 priests from The Official Catholic Directory, covering all SC states and nearly all US dioceses. Responses through December yielded a 27 percent rate with a margin of error around 3.5 percentage points. Results show two thirds diocesan priests nationally, and similar shares among respondents, with average ages 58 for diocesan and 62 for religious-order priests.
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The
Kansas City Star
Offical Catholic Directory
the Star
Anelie
Jesuits
Center For Applied Research
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Thomas Gumbleton
Archdiocese of
Detroit
Raymond J. Boland
Kansas City-St Joseph
Boland
Ruben Goss
Departent of Religious Studies
Webster University
St Louis
Gay
Goss
Seminisian
Jim Nickel
Damien Ministries
Washington, D.C
Emerson J. Moore
New York
Minnesota
Farley Clegharn
Institute of Human Virology
Baltimore
Cleghom
Knight Ridder
Dennis Rausch
Fort Lauderdale
Judy L
Thomas
Knight Ridder Newspapers
Paul Morassey
New Rochelle
Kansas City-St. Joseph
McNichols
MacNichols
Denver
John Paul II
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