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- Title
Psychological Assessment of Homosexual Tendencies in Potential Candidates for the Roman Catholic Priesthood.
- Authors
Songy, David
- Abstract
While the recent Instruction by the Congregation for Catholic Education concerning the criteria for the discernment of vocations with regard to persons with homosexual tendencies has offered a clear direction to bishops and religious superiors in screening candidates, a discussion by psychologists on methods of assessing the presence of such tendencies within individuals is necessary. This paper will review relevant assessment techniques and suggest how psychologists can address this issue in evaluation reports, including making specific recommendations relevant to the issue of homosexual tendencies.
- Subjects
MONASTICISM &; religious orders; VOCATION (in religious orders, congregations, etc.); RELIGIOUS life of gay people; BEHAVIORAL scientists; PSYCHOLOGICAL tests
- Publication
Pastoral Psychology, 2007, Vol 56, Issue 2, p237
- ISSN
0031-2789
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11089-007-0110-1