In 1954, when the number of men imprisoned for homosexual acts had risen to more than a thousand a year, an inquiry was set up into the legality of homosexuality. The response of the Church illustrated the widely different ways Catholics of the postwar years reconciled their religious beliefs with their sexual desires.
04 July 2024, The Tablet
The difficult commandment
Morality and the law
Cardinal Bernard Griffin oversaw an inquiry
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