A retired nun believ the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence perform Christ-like servic, while a gay Catholic fds the Sisters' actns offensive.
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LETTERS TO THE EDOR: A NUN, A GAY CATHOLIC AND OTHER CHRISTIANS ON THE SISTERS OF PERPETUAL INDULGENCE
* history of gay nuns *
For this reason, homosexual acts are nsired a s and people wh homosexual tennci are emed “trsilly disorred. Sister Mary Kay Hunyady, of the Relig of the Sacred Heart of J, told RNS she also stggled wh the Catholic Church’s posn on homosexualy, pecially as she worked on a dissertatn on LGBTQ relig sisters.
” on the subject of homosexual prits, to his public acts and words of chary toward the LGBTQ muny, Francis is attemptg to “crack open that door and let the light , ” the sisters said. ” In this later perd, we see a newfound homophobic ristance to the re that, the reactn’s vrl, speaks to the role this re uld really play for men mtg themselv to each other: The Patriarch’s words acknowledge the realy that no matter s tentn, the re enabled the space for sexual timaci between men.
As a gay Catholic man, I do not agree wh the group’s disrpectful and hurtful humor. They emerged as a chary anizatn when one of their early events at Metropolan Communy Church raised $1, 500 for gay Cuban refuge 1980. Regard as “nuns for the gay muny, ” the Sisters are not Catholic nuns, nor officially affiliated wh any specific relig anizatn.