“Father never tried to soften the Truth – he treated me like a man not like a child who could possibly get upset. And when a man treats you like a man, you intuitively respond that way. Hence, the fundamental problem with the majority of Catholic outreach to the “gay” male community is that it begins with an overly-cautious approach which tends towards emotionalism and a maternal need to protect that eventually becomes co-dependent and facilitating. In the age of AIDS, I saw this dangerous psychosis play out to the extreme – wherein the trusted advisor to a “gay” man would hold the hand their friend to the grave rather than say anything honest which could be perceived as offensive or disapproving.” —-Joseph Sciambra
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