{"id":3903,"date":"2010-01-15T13:13:38","date_gmt":"2010-01-15T13:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2010\/01\/how-gay-are-catholic-priests.html"},"modified":"2010-01-15T13:13:38","modified_gmt":"2010-01-15T13:13:38","slug":"how-gay-are-catholic-priests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2010\/01\/how-gay-are-catholic-priests.html","title":{"rendered":"How gay are Catholic priests?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, Andrew Sullivan points to this Amazon link<\/a> as evidence of a lavender underground, but the evidence — like the wafers in question — is thin. <\/p>\n

From my experience, priests don’t buy communion wafers; sacristans or church secretaries do. And most are purchased from this company<\/a> in New England, which supplies something like 75% of the churches in America. <\/p>\n

I’ve never heard of a parish buying its wafers through Amazon.com.<\/p>\n

And it’s worth noting:  Catholics aren’t the only ones who use communion wafers. Protestant denominations buy them, too — including one that is known for having one or two prominent gay bishops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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