Does the Roman Catholic Church "recognize" homosexuality as a legitimate sexual orientation? If the answer is no, why would a homosexual want to be a priest and why should the church want that person in a leadership role?

Ranger 82, you seem to be implying that a homosexual person can’t agree with the Church’s teaching on human sexuality. Clearly a homosexual can accept such teachings. John Heard is one such articulate Catholic from Australia. He has his own blog here: http://johnheard.blogspot.com .

Is he a practicing homosexual? If so, he is not Catholic. Sorry.