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CRITICS SEE �GAY BULLYING' AT SEMINARIES
By LEONARD GREENE and JOHN LEHMANN
March 24, 2002 -- A Connecticut priest has claimed a network of gay-leaning bullies
exists in some Catholic seminaries, where straight students are ostracized for
advocating traditional teaching.
The Rev. Andrew Walter was tossed out of Baltimore's St. Mary's Seminary five
years ago after a psychological evaluation at a church-approved treatment center
concluded he was "homophobic" and had a "histrionic personality disorder."
Walter, 37, rejects the assessment and points out he was later accepted by another
seminary where he completed his studies. He was ordained by Edward Cardinal
Egan in the Bridgeport diocese before Egan moved to New York.
Walter claims his traditional views led to lower grades and other forms of
harassment, although he was supposed to be in a "celibate" environment.
"I know for a fact guys were protected," Walter said. "Activities and agendas on the
part of homosexual guys were protected."
In another case, a former seminary student from New Jersey has launched a sexual-
harassment lawsuit against the St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, Pa.
Christopher McKelvey, 39, said persistent lewd comments and homosexual
propositions forced him to abandon his dream of becoming a priest.
"When seminary instruction is sexualized, there is a defect in the system," said
McKelvey's lawyer, Stephen Rubino. "What we see today is the church having to
confront the problem."
The experiences of Walter and McKelvey are similar to those outlined in a upcoming
book, "Goodbye! Good Men," which claims a "gay subculture" exists at various
seminaries across the nation, including at least one in New York.
The book's author, Michael S. Rose, suggests heterosexual men are driven away or
forced out from the clergy by the gay network.
"There are priests who are in the know about what's going on," Rose said.
Officials of St. Mary's Seminary did not return calls seeking comment.
One Manhattan priest said, "All people struggle with their sexuality, be they single,
married or members of the clergy. As a Roman Catholic priest who has a
heterosexual sexual orientation, I can work with other priests who have a
homosexual sexual orientation, provided we keep our vow of celibacy. Fidelity is the
real issue, whether in marriage or in religious life."
Walter and Rose, along with other priests interviewed by The Post, are adamant
there is a connection between the unchecked seminary behavior and the national
sex scandal that has rocked the Catholic Church.
"I think they're very deeply connected. They're hand in hand with each other," said
Walter, who finished his studies at St. Joseph's Seminary in Rye before being
ordained by Egan two years ago.
Walter, who has high praise for Egan, said the culture at St. Joseph's was the exact
opposite of his Baltimore experience. St. Joseph's rector, Monsignor Peter Finn, said
students there are saddened by the events, but strong in their resolve to pursue the
priesthood.
"Morale is high in the sense of commitment," Finn said. "They understand that it is a
small percentage of those affected."
Among the institutions Rose singles out in his book is the Seminary of the
Immaculate Conception in Huntington, L.I.
Workers there remained tight-lipped about the scandal.
But one Brooklyn priest, who declined to be named, said the scandal could further
erode the church's drive to recruit new priests.
"Of course that is possible," he said. "But there have been problems for some time."
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