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Article: Milestones in campaign to hold the doctrinal line.(history of priests who have been punished for their incomplete teaching of the Catholic Church's opinion about homosexuality)(Brief Article)
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- National Catholic Reporter
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- July 30, 1999
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The lifetime ban on pastoral work imposed upon Salvatorian Fr. Robert Nugent and School Sister of Notre Dame Jeannine Gramick by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger is the latest step in an effort by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to prevent evolution in church teaching toward acceptance of homosexual conduct. A review of key moments:
MAY 1984: Ratzinger orders the imprimatur lifted from Sexual Morality by Fr. Philip S. Keane, published in 1977 by Paulist Press. Keane argues that homosexual conduct cannot be understood as "absolutely immoral."
SEPTEMBER 1985: Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen in Seattle announces that he has transferred final ...