“You shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.” – Leviticus 18:22
“jesus said, Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven.” – Matthew 5:10-12
THE CHRISTIAN POST reports: A French government official has called for the prosecution of a Roman Catholic priest over a video he posted to social media describing homosexual inclinations as “weakness that must be fought like any other sin.”
Father Matthieu Raffray, 45, posted the video to his more than 60,000 Instagram followers on March 15, admonishing them to resist their sinful weaknesses, including homosexuality among them.
“We all have weaknesses: those who are greedy, those who are angry, those who have homosexual tendencies!” Raffray said in the video, according to French Catholic media outlet Famille Chrétienne.
Raffray’s comments had drew the ire of Aurore Bergé, a 37-year-old politician who has served as France’s minister for gender equality, diversity and equal opportunity since January.
Bergé released a statement on March 20 saying that Raffray’s comments about homosexuality were “unacceptable” and that she would be reporting him to the Interministerial Delegation for the Fight against Racism, Anti-semitism, and Anti-LGBT Hatred (DILCRAH) to be prosecuted under Article 40 of the French penal code.
“I will not let anything go in the face of hatred, whatever it may be,” Bergé said.
DILCRAH is a delegation that works with various government ministries to devise, coordinate and manage the government policy of France on combating racism, anti-Semitism and anti-LGBT hate crimes. They replied to Bergé’s tweet about 20 minutes later, noting they had forwarded Raffray’s comments to a public prosecutor at her request.
“Conversion therapy has been illegal since 2022… Talking about homosexuality as a weakness is shameful,” they tweeted.
On the same day, Raffray tweeted that his X account passed over 20,000 followers and thanked “the hysterics of all stripes who try to destabilize me with grotesque controversies: publicity assured.”
“Friends or enemies: I pray for you.”
In the video, the priest reminded his listeners that everyone has the requisite spiritual weapons to combat weaknesses but that Satan tempts them to believe the battle is “too hard” and to give up.
Raffray, who has a sizable social media following and outreach to young French people, remains unapologetic regarding his position and has not removed the video despite ruffling the feathers of the French diversity minister.
The priest told Famille Chrétienne that his video was about “temptations in general” and that his intention was not to single out homosexuality but rather “to make it clear that we are not obliged to give in to all our temptations, to all our desires.”
“I cite homosexuality, among many other things,” he said. “Homosexual acts are a sin, but I think people no longer know what a sin is. Denouncing a sin doesn’t mean denouncing a person who commits the sin! You could have blamed me if I’d said something clumsy or hurtful, but that’s not the case here.”
“Not only am I not homophobic, but in addition, as a priest, I am careful about the vocabulary I use on the issue because I know that the subject is sensitive and that people can easily be hurt,” he said.
Raffrey believes the French government is attacking the Church and its teachings through him.
He said, “What is at stake is not me, but the freedom to be Christian. I hope that the faithful realize that it is Christian morality and the entire Church that are under attack.”… (Continue reading)
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