{"id":23134,"date":"2015-07-20T18:20:04","date_gmt":"2015-07-20T22:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/gay-priest-fired-from-chaplain-job-asks-pope-to-meet-lgbt-catholics-in-u-s\/"},"modified":"2015-07-20T18:20:04","modified_gmt":"2015-07-20T22:20:04","slug":"gay-priest-fired-from-chaplain-job-asks-pope-to-meet-lgbt-catholics-in-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/gay-priest-fired-from-chaplain-job-asks-pope-to-meet-lgbt-catholics-in-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Gay Priest Fired From Chaplain Job Asks Pope To Meet LGBT Catholics In U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Gay Priest Fired From Chaplain Job Asks Pope To Meet LGBT Catholics In U.S.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>(RNS) In&nbsp;May, the Rev. Warren Hall was abruptly dismissed from his position as the popular campus chaplain at Seton Hall University in New Jersey because the Catholic archbishop of Newark said his advocacy against anti-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> bullying, and his identity&nbsp;as a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">man<\/a>, undermined church teaching.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Now Hall has written to Pope Francis asking that when the pontiff visits the U.S. in September, he speak out against such actions because they are &ldquo;alienating&rdquo; <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> Catholics and the many others who support them.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>In the letter, which was dated July 14, Hall asked Francis to&nbsp;&ldquo;find time to listen to the challenges faced by LGBT people, especially those who are Catholic and wish to remain a part of the Church they have grown up in, which they love, and yet which it seems is alienating them more and more.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><\/p>\n<div>\n<p> <a title=\"View Warren Hall letter to Pope Francis on Scribd\" href=\"http:\/\/www.scribd.com\/doc\/272097902\">Warren Hall letter to Pope Francis<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Good teachers are being fired, pastoral and compassionate priests and religious <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">women<\/a>&rdquo; -&ndash; referring to nuns &mdash; &ldquo;are being silenced and accept it out of fear of being disciplined by their superiors, and good, faith-filled people are leaving the Church as they witness all of this happening,&rdquo; he continued.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;As a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> priest, I am personally experiencing all of these things.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Newark Archbishop John Myers called Hall in May to fire him, as Hall was giving a final exam to his students at the South Orange campus. Myers told Hall his decision stemmed from concerns over a picture the priest posted on Facebook last fall supporting the &ldquo;NOH8&rdquo; campaign.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;NOH8&rdquo; stands for &ldquo;no hate,&rdquo; and it grew out of the battle over banning <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> marriage in California.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Hall stressed that he was not advocating against any church teachings.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Later in May, Hall, 52, who said he remains committed to his vocation as a priest and his vow of celibacy, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/05\/30\/nyregion\/ouster-of-seton-hall-priest-points-to-catholic-soul-searching-on-gay-believers.html\">came out as gay<\/a>. A spokesman for Myers responded by saying that &ldquo;someone who labels himself or another in terms of sexual orientation or attraction contradicts what the Church teaches.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Hall noted in his letter to Francis &mdash; which he posted on Facebook &mdash; that he has been given no other assignment by the archdiocese, and in a follow-up telephone interview he said his salary ceased on July 1. He has been living largely on savings and help from friends.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The priest said he had never intended to make his sexual orientation an issue or to advocate for <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> Catholics. But he said he has decided to welcome the opportunity that the crisis presented him.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am not a theologian. I am not a politician. But I am <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a>. So I think I have something to say at this moment in time,&rdquo; Hall said.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Many Catholic <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gays<\/a> and <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">lesbians<\/a> who are school teachers and parish ministers have been fired in the wake of state,&nbsp;and now&nbsp;federal, rulings allowing them to wed their same-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/couples\/?mp_code=akftr\">sex<\/a> partners in a civil ceremony.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The most recent controversy came in Philadelphia, when a school run by an order of nuns fired a longtime staffer after a parent learned that the <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">woman<\/a> had married her partner and complained to the archdiocese. Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput <a href=\"http:\/\/www.philly.com\/philly\/news\/20150714_Chaput_backs_school_s_ouster_of_lesbian_staffer.html\">backed the school<\/a>, saying administrators &ldquo;showed character and common sense.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Chaput will be hosting Francis for the final two days of the <span><span>Sept. 22-27<\/span><\/span> papal visit, which finishes with a huge outdoor Mass celebrating Catholic families.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Yet many Catholics see such firings as a sharp contrast with the more nonjudgmental approach to <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gays<\/a> and <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">lesbians<\/a> espoused by Francis.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Hall said he was motivated by these stories to write the pope, with two goals in mind. The first was to show people upset with the church&rsquo;s treatment of LGBT people that &ldquo;this can be the church of welcome&rdquo; that Francis has called for.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Removing or firing LGBT people is doing more harm to the faithful than having a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> priest or teacher,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;second goal is to support other <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> Catholics who are not leaving but who are being &ldquo;mistreated&rdquo; by the church and could eventually depart. &ldquo;Think of all the wonderful people we would be turning away,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Hall said he has chosen not to be angry or depressed about his dismissal, and said his years as a recovering alcoholic have also helped him deal with the situation, he said.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am annoyed. I am frustrated. But I do see a great possibility here,&rdquo; Hall said. He would love it if Myers let him start an LGBT ministry, as some other dioceses have done, though he doesn&rsquo;t expect it.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The priest said he has had offers from non-Catholic churches, to work for them, but as much as he appreciates the support, he wouldn&rsquo;t consider switching. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m Catholic, I&rsquo;m not leaving!&ldquo; he said with a laugh.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>He has no idea if he will receive a response to his letter; Francis has been known to write or even cold-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=grq0&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">call<\/a> those who try to contact him. But he said during his U.S. trip, when so much focus will be on Catholic teachings and approaches on sexuality, Francis could begin to change what Hall said is a damaging dynamic in the church over <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gays<\/a> and <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/www.flirt4free.com\/live\/girls\/?mp_code=akftr\">lesbians<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He could more strongly offer the message that this is your church, too. You are welcome here,&rdquo; Hall said.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He could at least help to slow down the firings,&rdquo; he said, &ldquo;and help everyone sit back and take a breath. Perfection is our goal, but no one&rsquo;s there. 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Warren Hall was abruptly dismissed from his position as the popular campus chaplain at Seton Hall University in New Jersey because the Catholic archbishop of Newark said his advocacy against anti-<a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> bullying, and his identity&nbsp;as a <a title=\"\" class=\"aalmanual\" target=\"_blank\"   href=\"https:\/\/chaturbate.com\/in\/?tour=R2Xc&#38;campaign=hl4zp&#38;track=gfcsb\">gay<\/a> &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/gay-priest-fired-from-chaplain-job-asks-pope-to-meet-lgbt-catholics-in-u-s\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gay Priest Fired From Chaplain Job Asks Pope To Meet LGBT Catholics In U.S.<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2466,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Gay Priest Fired From Chaplain Job Asks Pope To Meet LGBT Catholics In U.S. - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gayfriendschat.com\/socialblog\/gay-priest-fired-from-chaplain-job-asks-pope-to-meet-lgbt-catholics-in-u-s\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gay Priest Fired From Chaplain Job Asks Pope To Meet LGBT Catholics In U.S. - GAYFRIENDSCHAT.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gay Priest Fired From Chaplain Job Asks Pope To Meet LGBT Catholics In U.S. (RNS) In&nbsp;May, the Rev. 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