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Fr. Gerald E. Murray: Fr. James Martin Proposes an Alternate Catechism (2017) – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Fr. Gerald E. Murray: Fr. James Martin Proposes an Alternate Catechism (2017)

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Building a Bridge: How the Catholic Church and the LGBT Community Can Enter Into a Relationship of Respect, Compassion and Sensitivity (HarperCollins), Jesuit Father James Martin.  (photo: Register Files)

Fr. Gerald E. Murray, National Catholic Register, July 10, 2017

Father Gerald Murray is the pastor of Holy Family Church in New York City.

 

BOOK REVIEW: The popular Jesuit priest puts forth the notion that the Church has misunderstood God’s plan for human sexuality for her entire history.

In his new book, Building a Bridge: How the Catholic Church and the LGBT Community Can Enter Into a Relationship of Respect, Compassion and Sensitivity (HarperCollins), Jesuit Father James Martin has written a critique of the Catholic Church’s dealings with what he calls the “the LGBT community.”

What is the “LGBT community”? This acronym describes three groups of people: those who engage in, or feel drawn to engage in, homosexual activity (lesbians and gays); those who engage in, or feel drawn to engage in, both heterosexual and homosexual activity (bisexuals); and those persons who reject their sexual identity and think that they are in fact a member of the opposite sex (transsexuals/transgendered persons).

Is this, in fact, a community? Not really. …

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