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Confsns of a Gay Prit: In "Confsns of a Gay Prit", Tom Rastrelli turns the hhed ternal workgs of Catholic prithood si out. Rastrelli joed the prithood amid s natnal sex abe sndals and spe ab that he himself survived. In his...

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A close readg of key translatns shows that negative Christian attus to homosexualy are rooted tradn, not the Bible.

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“The Erotic Contemplative: Reflectns on the Spirual Journey of the Gay/Lbian Christian by Michael Bernard Kelly. “J at a Gay Bar, ” a poem that’s a current Inter sensatn, is clud this llectn om a risg star.

“Those Seven Referenc: A Study of Homosexualy the Bible and Its Impact on the Queer Communy of Fah” by John F Dwyer. The flty ratnale behd Christian anti-gay bias is revealed.

CONFSNS OF A GAY PRIT: A MEMOIR OF SEX, LOVE, ABE, AND SNDAL THE CATHOLIC SEMARY

The thor is a gay Epispal prit who has served semary and parish settgs, wh legal and rporate work experienc before he was ordaed. “Black, Gay, Brish, Christian, Queer: Church and the Fame of Grace” by Jarel Robson-Brown.

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Mythic stori, poems, drawgs and ruals impart wisdom and spark spiratn this long-awaed pann volume to Ramer’s gay unrground classic, “Two Flut Playg. ” The first sectn offers 14 tal ground gay archetyp, endg wh a rponsive readg for gay men’s ruals.

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The send sectn provis 24 poems of embodied spirualy, sexualy, and love, followed by a rual that has been ed gay men’s gathergs around the world. Foreword by gay therapist Don Shewey. “Gay, Catholic, and Amerin: My Legal Battle for Marriage Equaly and Incln” by Gregory Bourke.

A gay Catholic tells how he beme an LGBTQ-rights activist after beg dismissed as a Boy Sut troop lear for beg gay this memoir.

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An evangelil LGBTQ activist tells how she moved om ex-gay self-nial the name of fah to marryg a woman at the Washgton Natnal Cathedral and helpg shut down Exod Internatnal, the largt ex-gay anizatn.

Ltle-known liv of LGBTQ Catholics and alli offer spiratn as revealed by a gay Catholic journalist. A young prit se himself the many gay men dyg of AIDS and out himself. “Still Stace: My Gay Christian Comg-of-Age Story” by Stacey Chomiak.

80 PERCENT OF PRITS THE VATIN ARE GAY: NEW BOOK

It tells the te story of Chomiak’s teenage and young-adult years: fdg love, wrtlg wh fay nflicts, and tryg to bee ex-gay before reachg wholens and a happy LGBTQ-Christian endg.

Sat Sebastian and Sat Michael the Archangel, both known as protectors of gay men, stand together wh mcular bare chts this DaVci-style prt on parchment. The gay love triangle between the young shepherd David, ialistic Prce Jonathan and domeerg Kg Sl sprgs to life “Songs From Beloved Kg: A Queer Bible Mil. Top 22 Gay J books.

In Confsns of a Gay Prit, Tom Rastrelli turns the hhed ternal workgs of Catholic prithood si out. Wh the knowledge that the Catholic Church is diverse when sexual orientatn, but still ni the rights and godls of homosexual prits and people, the book clus strikg illtratns of dysfunctnal and hypocril church practic.

CONFSNS OF A GAY PRIT

They are htled past gay Catholic protters monstratg agast the church’s heterosupremacy and to a banquet, where, though searchg for alli, they are put on display for old and powerful lears to leer at, before beg rted out past the protters aga. Confsns of a Gay Prit is a heartfelt, urageo memoir about celty and salvatn, wh a transparent nsiratn of the ner polics of the Catholic Church.

“Confsns of a Gay Prit” is a hard, hard book to read – ’ll make you squirm, ’ll make your eyebrows raise, you’ll want to toss on the street and let semis n over and yet, ’s stay-up-all-night pellg. “Confsns of a Gay Prit” by Tom Rastrelli. They say the sacrament is good for your soul, and “Confsns of a Gay Prit” by Tom Rastrelli, there’s a lot to tell.

For a rear who n endure a panoply of squirms, “Confsns of a Gay Prit” is worth ep examatn. “In mandg celibacy and damng homosexualy, the Catholic Church nmns legns of s bt and brightt prits to liv of hypocrisy and shame. Confsns of a Gay Prit is a rivetg, powerful book, rich tail and eply relevant to the tim we live .

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”—Michelangelo Signorile, thor, It’s Not Over: Gettg Beyond Tolerance, Defeatg Homophobia, and Wng Te Equaly “Tom Rastrelli’s brave, ndid, self-cril memoir is part of a great tradn of spirual tobgraphi, om St.

FOUR FIVE VATIN PRITS ARE GAY, BOOK CLAIMS

A large majory of prits the Vatin are gay, although many are not sexually active, a new book claims. A total of about 80 percent of the most revered clerics the Roman Catholic Church are homosexual spe the church’s opposn to gay rights, acrdg to the extensively rearched book by French journalist Frédéric Martel. The gay prits adhere to an unspoken lled “the closet, ” where is unrstood that, for stance, a rdal or bishop who nounc homosexualy is more likely to be gay, acrdg to the book “In the Closet of the Vatin.

Another ntroversial claim the book is that Colombian Cardal Alfonso López Tjillo fend the church’s posns on homosexualy while hirg male prostut, acrdg to The Guardian. Confsns of a Gay Prit divulg the clanste ner workgs of the semary, providg an timate and unapologetic look to the psychosexual and spirual dynamics of celibacy and lays bare the “formatn” system that perpetuat the cycle of abe and ver-up that ntu today. Unr the guidance of a charismatic llege mp mister, Rastrelli sought to rencile his homosexualy and childhood sexual abe.

” Prits weled him to a nfg cleril culture where public displays of piety, celibacy, and homophobia masked a closeted unrworld which elr prits preyed upon young recs. Confsns of a Gay Prit is a rivetg, powerful book, rich tail and eply relevant to the tim we live .

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