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The late [[Charles Socarides]] wrote regarding homosexuality:
The late [[Charles Socarides]] wrote regarding homosexuality:
{{Cquote|For most of this century, most of us in the helping professions considered this behavior aberrant. Not only was it "off the track"; the people caught up in it were suffering, which is why we called it a pathology. We had patients, early in their therapy, who would seek out one sex partner after another-total strangers-on a single night, then come limping into our offices the next day to tell us how they were hurting themselves. Since we were in the business of helping people learn how not to keep hurting themselves, many of us thought we were quietly doing God's work.<ref>http://www.leaderu.com/jhs/socarides.html</ref>}}
{{Cquote|For most of this century, most of us in the helping professions considered this behavior aberrant. Not only was it "off the track"; the people caught up in it were suffering, which is why we called it a pathology. We had patients, early in their therapy, who would seek out one sex partner after another-total strangers-on a single night, then come limping into our offices the next day to tell us how they were hurting themselves. Since we were in the business of helping people learn how not to keep hurting themselves, many of us thought we were quietly doing God's work.<ref>http://www.leaderu.com/jhs/socarides.html</ref>}}
Richard Fitzgibbons stated the following regarding homosexuality:
Richard Fitzgibbons stated the following regarding homosexuality:
{{Cquote|The failure to understand the actual causes of homosexuality impacts those who counsel [[Teen Homosexuality|teenagers]] and adults with this disorder. Therapists regularly tell those seeking help that the Church's teaching on homosexuality is insensitive to homosexuals, unscientific, and erroneous. They are advised to accept themselves as being created homosexual by God. <ref>http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/homosexuality/ho0011.html</ref>}}
{{Cquote|The failure to understand the actual causes of homosexuality impacts those who counsel [[Teen Homosexuality|teenagers]] and adults with this disorder. Therapists regularly tell those seeking help that the Church's teaching on homosexuality is insensitive to homosexuals, unscientific, and erroneous. They are advised to accept themselves as being created homosexual by God. <ref>http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/homosexuality/ho0011.html</ref>}}