"Flagrant pro-LGBT priest suspended only after publicly boasting about homosexual exploits"

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"Last Sunday, Father Pierre Valkering presented his own autobiographical book to Catholic faithful in a homily, in which he admits to having homosexual relationships, consuming pornography, and visiting meeting places for homosexuals. In response to this public testimony, his bishop, Jos Punt, suspended him and asked him to start a 'time of reflection.' Valkering, in 2016, had given to Pope Francis another of his books containing pro-homosexual homilies...

But his pro-homosexual attitude was earlier known. As LifeSiteNews has reported in 2016, Valkering had prominently given to Pope Francis on St. Peter's Square a book containing funeral homilies about the theme of homosexuality (see picture of event here). The priest had afterward told the press that he had been 'profoundly touched' by the Pope’s welcoming attitude...

An NL Times article describes his homily of last Sunday, as follows: 'Valkering closed his Mass with a speech about the 'big pink elephant' in the Catholic Church. Wearing a pink robe, which he was allowed to wear because the color is part of the fourth Sunday of Lent, the 57-year-old priest criticized the silence that reigns around homosexuality in the Church. 'I suffered a lot from that,' he said. Valkering spoke about his life as a latent homosexual, also describing visits to gay saunas and darkrooms.'

The Dutch priest furthermore referred in his homily to the recently published book by Dr. Frédéric Martel – In the Closet of the Vatican – who claims that there are many homosexual clergymen in the Vatican.

According to NL Times, Valkering, like Martel, also 'believes that gay men more often opt for the priesthood than heterosexuals. For him, becoming a priest was an 'escape option for his homosexuality', he said in an interview with De Gaykrant...