Bishop urges gay ban in clergy

Presses overhaul for screening priests

By Meredith Goldstein

Globe Staff / July 19, 2004

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Bishop John M. D'Arcy, who in private letters to other church officials as early as 1978 questioned the reassignment of priests accused of sexual misconduct, said yesterday that the church must improve its screening process for accepting seminarians and that homosexuals should be prohibited from being ordained as priests. (Full Article: 759 Words)