"I have been described as anticlerical and I have embraced that
description with pride. Clericalism is not grounded in the New
Testament. It is merely a fabrication of some men designed to benefit
these very men. In recent years clericalism has benefited a closeted
homosexual and pedophile hierarchy. They even proclaim their own
'saints'. And as a gay activist I am proud to have played a very minor
role towards the devastation of clericalism. With the advent of modern
gay liberation, the seminaries and friaries have virtually been
obliterated. And I was one of those who left the friary for gay
liberation. What the Catholic Church needs now is a reformation from
within. But of course they will blame modernism and secularism and
atheists and agnostics and what have you. A nice way to deflect
attention from the miserable way these clerics have run the church."
In his book, Queer Mediterranean Memories, Chetcuti speculates on the sexual orientation of various prominent people including Saint Paul and Saint George Preca among others.
It came therefore as a welcome surprise when, in a recent exchange of views with Pro Tridentina (Malta) he said the following (my emphasis) about the Tridentine Mass:
" Oh pleeease! Whom are you kidding? Try pulling the other leg. BTW, I was
there and present at a mass when Marcel Lefebvre visited Australia many
moons ago.
...
Well it is many years ago. I think it was in the 1980s as I moved to
Melbourne in late 1982. There is no denying, however, that the
Tridentine mass has a sense of magic (or better still, a sense of
wonder) which is lacking today. He reminded me a bit of Gonzi!"
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