Pro-homosexual Fr. Martin should not be in ‘position of responsibility’: evangelical bible scholar
Evangelical Bible and homosexuality scholar Robert Gagnon adds his voice to the widespread Catholic criticism of Vatican communications consultant Fr. James Martin over Martin's pro-LGBT advocacy. In April, Pope Francis appointed the socially “progressive” priest consultor to the Vatican’s Secretariat for Communication. Gagnon, author of " The Bible and Homosexual Practice : Texts and Hermeneutics," said Martin , editor-at-large at America magazine, “has no business being in a position of responsibility in the Catholic Church .” He was reacting to Martin’s interview last week with a San Francisco “gay” newspaper, Bay Area Reporter , in which he claimed that among the reasons that people have reacted “viciously” to his “bridge-building” efforts toward homosexuals is that they have “visceral disgust at same-sex relations” or “hatred of LGBT people .” The most important reason, Martin said, is that his opponents potentially have “discomfort