Vatican: 9-11 Martyr Fr. Mychal Judge Unfit To Be A Priest

Oh, they'll deny it because the brave and stirring image of Fr. Mychal Judge sacrificing his life to provide the sacraments to dying firemen and cops is about the only good news the Catholic Church has enjoyed in the past five years.

But the Catholic Church's scapegoating witchhunt to root out gays is a direct slap in the face to the memory of Father Mychal. He was by all accounts of the people who knew him a wonderful, gay, celibate priest. And there's no question he supported "gay culture." Like any good Christian, Father Mychal believed gays deserved the same basic civil rights as all other Americans and should be treated with dignity and respect -- that's why he marched in gay pride parades.

The Vatican's latest attack? Against any ordained priests who oversee seminaries. If gays are unfit to be priests, they're certainly unfit to oversee the training of other priests.

How can any good Christian honestly say that Father Mychal was an embarrassment to the church and unfit to be a priest? The truth is that the current leaders of the church are an embarrassment to good Catholics like the late Father Mychal.