The Los Angeles Times has an editorial today taking the Vatican to task for its recent document recommending that candidates to the priesthood undergo psychological evaluations whenever there is a suspicion of personality disturbances or serious doubts about their ability to live a celibate life. And that includes testing for "deep-seated" homosexual tendencies.
Aside from the question of a secular newspaper getting involved in Church affairs, the editorial raises an interesting issue: Given that homosexuality is not identified by the American Psychological Association as a pathology, how could psychologists help seminary rectors identify (and screen out) men with "deep-seated" homosexual tendencies without breaking codes of professional ethics?
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