Seton Hall's Derrick Gordon Set To Bee First Openly Gay Player In NCAA Tournament History - CBS New York

Contents:

• FIRST OPENLY GAY NCAA TOURNAMENT PLAYER HOP HE'S SPIRED OTHERS
• SETON HALL'S DERRICK GORDON SET TO BEE FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER IN NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY
• SHAHEEN HOLLOWAY ACHG SETON HALL YEARS AFTER RECG GAY PLAYER DERRICK GORDON
• SETON HALL LANDS FIRST OPENLY GAY D-I HOOPS PLAYER
• EX-SETON HALL PLAYER DERRICK GORDON: NBA BLACKBALLED ME BEE I'M GAY
• SETON HALL'S DERRICK GORDON THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER NCAA TOURNAMENT
• ONE OPENLY GAY PLAYER NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

FIRST OPENLY GAY NCAA TOURNAMENT PLAYER HOP HE'S SPIRED OTHERS

More than a year after the explosive allegatns of sexual abe of mors and semarians by ex-Cardal Theodore McCarrick, one of the important unanswered qutns is exactly what kd of misnduct the disgraced former bishop mted at Seton Hall Universy’s two semari — and whether this misnduct was suated the ntext of an alleged long-standg homosexual subculture that uld still be place today. But although that statement dit the review has been pleted and found that McCarrick had engaged historil “sexual harassment” of Seton Hall semarians, nspicuoly failed to discs the issue of homosexualy directly and whether a homosexual subculture had been found to still exist at Immaculate Conceptn Semary and St. And the statement do not disclose what chang, if any, are ntemplated to screeng procr for semary ndidat or the formatn of semarians to addrs the alleged homosexual subculture.

Prits om ordatn class that spanned 30 years, durg both the perd when McCarrick was the archbishop and subsequently while Archbishop John Myers served as archbishop of Newark om 2001 until his retirement November 2016, also told CNA there was an “active homosexual subculture of prits and semarians wh Newark’s Immaculate Conceptn Semary. Several prits attted to a homosexual subculture the semary durg Archbishop Myers’ tenure. One prit noted that semarians were “sndalized by what they saw, the upperclassmen flagrantly rryg on wh each other gay relatnships.

Followg this disturbg troductn to the semary’s homosexual subculture, he learned that sexual misnduct volvg semarians was occurrg at St. “And they said, ‘Oh, they’re gog to a gay nightclub, ’ and I said, ‘Is anybody gog to challenge them on that?

SETON HALL'S DERRICK GORDON SET TO BEE FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER IN NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY

Father Ramsey told the Register Augt 2018 about the culture durg his time at Immaculate Conceptn, explag that, his view, “the term ‘gay subculture’ is a strong term, though there were certaly gay semarians there. ” However, he noted the 2018 terview, after one “egreg, irreemable” cint of homosexual abe that he wnsed, he took the lead expellg the semarian who perpetrated the sexual abe. Father John Lavers, who led a 2012 semary vtigatn to Holy Apostl College and Semary Cromwell, Connecticut, that led to the removal of 13 semarians and revealed evince of a homosexual work across several U.

SHAHEEN HOLLOWAY ACHG SETON HALL YEARS AFTER RECG GAY PLAYER DERRICK GORDON

” However, while the one-page review update summarized s “key fdgs” regardg McCarrick’s actns, unreported sexual harassment and pliance wh Tle IX polici, ntaed no mentn of the allegatns of a homosexual subculture the semary.

And appeared to be reviewg the semari solely on the basis of Tle IX requirements, not on the addnal basis of whether Immaculate Conceptn has sought to ply wh Vatin directiv regardg the admissibily of homosexual ndidat to Catholic semari.

Asked by the Register whether the vtigatn was nducted acrdance wh the 2005 stctn om the Catholic Congregatn for Edutn — which stipulat that “the Church, while profoundly rpectg the persons qutn, nnot adm to the semary or to holy orrs those who practice homosexualy, prent ep-seated homosexual tennci or support the so-lled ‘gay culture’” — Lrie Pe, the director of media relatns at Seton Hall, cled to ment.

SETON HALL LANDS FIRST OPENLY GAY D-I HOOPS PLAYER

Pe also advised Seton Hall would not ment on the allegatns of a “homosexual subculture, ” stead referrg the Register to the review update as providg “all the rmatn we have to share at this time. The Archdce of Newark referred the Register’s quiri about the pennt review and the alleged homosexual subculture to Seton Hall Universy, which cled to ment further. He add that the review update released by the school “don’t really say anythg at all, ” and he is trated by the school’s failure to mentn the homosexual subculture he wnsed.

And the prit spects that, right om the outset, universy officials and Cardal Tob had munited to vtigators that they shouldn’t probe eply to the issue of the existence of an entrenched and long-standg homosexual subculture at Seton Hall’s semari. At the ncln of providg nearly three hours of ttimony to the Latham & Watks vtigators, he said one of the vtigators thanked him but then potedly mented, “You know, Father, this all n’t be about homophobia.

EX-SETON HALL PLAYER DERRICK GORDON: NBA BLACKBALLED ME BEE I'M GAY

But he said he took vehement issue wh the vtigator’s remark downplayg the homosexual character of the Seton Hall misnduct.

The Register asked Maria Margtta, the director of munitns for the Archdce of Newark, if Cardal Tob, given his oversight role, uld ment further on the vtigatn or on steps the archdce is takg, asi om a Tle IX-based review, to addrs the allegatns of homosexual behavr the semary. Reilly told the Register he had no ment when asked about the alleged homosexual subculture at the semary, his past work wh McCarrick and his thoughts on the pennt review the school had nducted. Gordon beme the first openly gay men’s llege basketball player nearly two years ago while he was still playg at Massachetts.

’”Gordon prevly played the NCAA tournament as a hmen at Wtern Kentucky and as a sophomore at UMass, but he still hadn’t me out.

SETON HALL'S DERRICK GORDON THE FIRST OPENLY GAY PLAYER NCAA TOURNAMENT

Sign up now and play for $50K]But he is not only the first openly gay men’s llege basketball player. ”Gordon says he has never regretted his cisn to tell the world he is gay, spe the hate and ugls sometim directed at him on social media.

When they announced that I was the first person to play on three different teams and then me beg the first openly gay to play the NCAA tournament, that is when a lot more people were reachg out and a lot more people jt beg very supportive.

ONE OPENLY GAY PLAYER NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT

” Derrick Gordon of the Seton Hall Pirat (Photo by Elsa/Getty Imag)Gordon says there are plenty of other gay athlet men’s llege basketball and other sports but many jt haven’t cid to share that part of themselv openly yet. He hop to play profsnally and believ some might be worried that beg openly gay might hurt their chanc.