African cardinal: abuse scandal ‘rocking’ Church is caused by ‘same sex activity’
South African Cardinal Wilfrid Napier identified the role homosexual activity has played in the Catholic Church’s sexual abuse crisis on Twitter Tuesday. Responding to an online news report saying that a high court may force all of South Africa’s churches to allow same-sex unions, the cardinal said this is “precisely” the same activity as with the scandal that is “rocking the Catholic Church to its roots.” And he went on to further say that forsaking God’s law always leads to anguish. “This morning's newspaper headline: "Churches may have to allow same-sex unions" clearly misses the point that it is a precisely same-sex activity that is the scandal rocking the Catholic Church to its roots” Cardinal Napier tweeted. “Deviation from God's law always brings grief. Lord forgive us, sinners!” Cardinal Napier @CardinalNapier This morning's newspaper headline: "Churches may have to allow same sex unions" c...