The Disappearance of the Closeted Clergyman
Elizabeth Stuart, a former convener of the Catholic Caucus of the Lesbian and Gay Christian movement claimed, "It has been estimated that at least 33 percent of all priests in the RC Church in the United States are homosexual.". It has been nearly 20 years since the Los Angeles Times conducted a survey of Catholic priests, a venture that yielded much study and commentary about the state of the priesthood in the United States. The results suggested priests believed they were facing the biggest crisis in a century—the abuse scandal—but nevertheless were generally upbeat about their lives as priests. Catholic beat memo
A total of about 80 percent of the most revered clerics in the Roman Catholic Church are homosexual despite the church's opposition to gay rights, according to the extensively researched book by. An eleventh-century Benedictine bishop believed there were so many gay men in the Catholic priesthood that he wrote a diatribe against his bretheren. A thousand years later, Catholics are still grappling with what place—if any—gay men can have in the clergy. Homosexual clergy in the Catholic Church
Cozzens estimated that as much as 58 percent of priests were gay, and that percentages were even higher for younger priests. Naked but for the towel around his waist, a man of a certain age sat by himself, bent slightly forward as if praying, in a corner of the sauna at a gym in central Rome. I had not met this man before, but as I entered the sauna, I thought I recognized him from photographs. 
Declining Homosexuality in the American Priesthood
Some American Catholics have called for the removal of all gay clergy, and some American bishops, archbishops and cardinals have agreed. In , The New York Times estimated that as many as 75 percent of Catholics priests may be gay, with only ten of them formally “out.” And those who do come out—or are rooted out—may lose their livelihood, their housing, and their community. In other. .
The Secret Lives of the Vatican’s Gay Cardinals, Monks, and
Sociologist Paul Sullins recently estimated that “about 17 percent of Catholic priests in the United States are homosexual in orientation, a rate around 4 to 5 times that discernible in the wider population,” Regnerus wrote. .
The Homosexual Infestation of the Catholic Church
Most recently, sociologist Paul Sullins estimated that about 17 percent of Catholic priests in the United States are homosexual in orientation, a rate around 4 to 5 times that discernible in the wider population. The share of homosexual priests rose during the s, he maintains, but has diminished since the s, and considerably so after . 
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Between 20 and 60 percent of all Catholic priests are gay, according to one estimate cited by Donald B. Cozzens in his well-regarded The Changing Face of the Priesthood. .
What a Recovering Catholic and Out Gay Man Makes of the
A Los Angeles Times poll published as early as estimated 15 percent of Catholic priests were openly gay. In his book The Changing Face of the Priesthood, the late Fr. Donald Cozzens estimated that percent of Catholic priests are gay. .