In the Fall of 1999, the Kansas City Star sent a questionnaire to 3,000 priests in the U.S. 73% did not reply.
The low response rate could be anticipated.
One would expect homosexuals and bisexuals to be reluctant to respond to the questionnaire since it deals with such a sensitive issue, and originated from a newspaper.
Homosexual and bisexual priests would probably be less likely to reply to the survey.
Among the 801 priests who did reply: 75% said they had a heterosexual orientation;
-15% homosexual;
-5% bisexual.
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During 1990, Rev. Thomas Crangle, a Franciscan priest in Passaic, N.J., mailed a survey to 500 randomly selected priests. Of the 398 responses, about 45% said that they were gay.
As Father McBrien said "the Catholic Church will run out of priests, [and] will certainly run out of heterosexual priests."
In the Fall of 1999, the Kansas City Star sent a questionnaire to 3,000 priests in the U.S. 73% did not reply.
The low response rate could be anticipated.
One would expect homosexuals and bisexuals to be reluctant to respond to the questionnaire since it deals with such a sensitive issue, and originated from a newspaper.
Homosexual and bisexual priests would probably be less likely to reply to the survey.
Among the 801 priests who did reply: 75% said they had a heterosexual orientation;
-15% homosexual;
-5% bisexual.
.
During 1990, Rev. Thomas Crangle, a Franciscan priest in Passaic, N.J., mailed a survey to 500 randomly selected priests. Of the 398 responses, about 45% said that they were gay.
As Father McBrien said "the Catholic Church will run out of priests, [and] will certainly run out of heterosexual priests."