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Orthodox critique of Catholic confession approach to homosexuality

The speaker recounts confessing to a Catholic priest that he was gay. The priest took him out of the confessional and said he could not confess something he cannot change. The speaker identifies this response as humanism infiltrating the church.

He cites Saint Paul's clarity on sexual immorality and accuses Catholic priests of compromising Christ's teachings to grow their church. He asserts that an apostolic tradition of faith unchanged for 2000 years exists, but states it is not Catholicism.

Key moments

0:00 The speaker confessed to a priest that he was gay, and the priest took him out of the confessional and said he cannot confess to something he cannot change.
0:00 The speaker says this is exactly what happens when a church falls into humanism.
0:00 Saint Paul was clear about sexual immorality, yet Catholic priests are compromising these teachings.
0:00 In the name of growing their church, Catholic priests are willing to sacrifice the very teachings of Christ.
0:00 There is an apostolic tradition of faith that has remained unchanged for 2000 years, but it is not Catholicism.

22 opinions in the discussion 11 participants, 14 replies to each other The opinion with the most support Elpidophoros baptized the children, not the gay couple, and the Holy Synod of Greece unanimously protested what he did. Meanwhile Pope Francis approved Fiducia Supplicans, which officially allows blessings of same-sex couples. There's a difference between a… Read the discussion

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Discussion · 22

Opinions are anonymous retellings of real comments from the original discussion. The same colour marks the same participant.

opinion#3670 39 likes at the source

Elpidophoros baptized the children, not the gay couple, and the Holy Synod of Greece unanimously protested what he did. Meanwhile Pope Francis approved Fiducia Supplicans, which officially allows blessings of same-sex couples. There's a difference between a bishop doing something controversial and the Vatican officially approving it.
opinion#3668 14 likes at the source
One priest does not speak for the entirety of the One true holy Catholic church.
- opinion#3673 6 likes at the source
  
  That's the entire problem, it's not just one priest, it's countless of them plus the pope himself............. Pope Francis, 2020, documentary Francesco: "Homosexual people have the right to be in a family. They are children of God and have a right to a family. Nobody should be thrown out or be made miserable over it. What we have to have is a civil union law, that way they are legally covered. I supported that."
- opinion#3674
  
  Even so, that doesn't justify division. The constant teaching of the Catholic Church stays true even if a pope, bishop or priest fails to proclaim it. Homosexuality is a temptation like adultery and fornication. It is not an identity and nobody is "born that way". Christians identify in Christ Jesus, never by their sin or temptation.
opinion#3667 6 likes at the source
He didn't say he confessed homosexual actions. He said he confessed being gay. There's a difference. If someone feels homosexual, they have to commit to celibacy to avoid sin and not act on their unnatural attraction. The Orthodox church understands it the same way. You're misrepresenting this.
- opinion#3675 1 likes at the source
  
  Well, I didn't know that. That's not good.
- opinion#3676
  
  Saying anyone IS gay is heretical, nobody was created gay.
- opinion#3677
  
  I agree with you on that. But people do struggle with homosexual attraction, and they're deceived into believing that's just how they are. If they can suppress it to the point of not acting on it, that is carrying their cross.
opinion#3669 4 likes at the source
Good news, we don't actually affirm homosexuality doctrinally. What individual liberal priests do has no bearing on what the church teaches. By your logic orthodoxy is cooked for baptizing a trans person in Serbia.
- opinion#3678 3 likes at the source
  
  "Within the horizon outlined here appears the possibility of blessings for couples in irregular situations and for couples of the same sex." Fiducia Supplicans, paragraph 31.
- opinion#3679 2 likes at the source
  
  You didn't actually read the document. "For this reason, one should neither provide for nor promote a ritual for the blessings of couples in an irregular situation. At the same time, one should not prevent or prohibit the Church's closeness to people in every situation in which they might seek God's help through a simple blessing." (FS38) "...precisely to avoid any form of confusion or scandal, when the prayer of blessing is requested by a couple in an irregular situation... the blessing should never be imparted in concurrence with the ceremonies of a civil union, and not even in connection with them. Nor can it be performed with any clothing, gestures, or words that are proper to a wedding. The same applies when the blessing is requested by a same-sex couple." (FS39) Pope Francis even said "Not the union, but the persons." Also Fiducia Supplicans is a pastoral document, not dogmatic.
- opinion#3680
  
  and how is that our problem when that one parish did that? unless the Holy Synod approves of it, your point is void lmao
- opinion#3681
  
  Gio Benitez, the "Good Morning America" co-anchor, was confirmed into the Catholic Church in early November 2025 at St. Paul the Apostle Church in Manhattan, with his husband, Tommy DiDario, serving as his sponsor. Confirming aberrant open homosexuals is wild.
- opinion#3682
  
  I agree with you it's disgusting but what about the orthodox church that baptized a trans? You need to be consistent. It's still not what the church teaches and many catholics have spoken out. You can find isolated abuses in both churches.
- opinion#3683
  
  no practicing transsexual has ever been baptized into the EO, unlike Rome. Blaspheme and cope all you want, you've been excommunicated with the rest of SSPX already so it doesn't bother me
- opinion#3684
  
  you're wrong! Vuk Adžić was received into the serbian orthodox church in 2019. He was openly trans!
- opinion#3685
  
  was* being the key word. Try again. When's the next rainbow mass in Saint Peter's? You gonna attend this time as a show of good faith towards your fellow Catholics?
- opinion#3686
  
  he got baptized as a trans. Your argument stinks, do better. Show me catholic dogma, not isolated abuses.
opinion#3671 2 likes at the source

What's funny is I was pursuing Eastern Orthodoxy for a year and a half. You can't fool me with your nonsensical arguments. I respect genuine Eastern Orthodoxy, I just don't like the tactics of the online orthobros. Mostly American converts who know very little about the faith or church history.
opinion#3672 1 likes at the source

Baptizing an innocent child isn't gay. Gio Benitez, the "Good Morning America" co-anchor, was confirmed into the Catholic Church in early November 2025 at St. Paul the Apostle Church in Manhattan, with his husband Tommy DiDario as his sponsor. Remember when the Vatican allowed a rainbow mass but excommunicated the SSPX? The gays are laughing at you. Go cope somewhere else.
opinion#3665

Actually being gay is not itself a sin, you can live chastely and purely. What is a sin is committing immoral acts or having immoral thoughts. God bless you (pd: the doctrine on marriage has not changed, but I admit there are some heretical priests walking around. Heretic priests prove nothing though, the papacy is apostolic teaching).
opinion#3666

This is not in good faith. People have inclinations. Feeling attracted to a man is not sinful, acting on it is. Do I think the priest handled this the best way? No. But simply being attracted to men and not acting on those desires is not a sin.