An archbishop has said the Catholic church has made LGBT+ people feel ‘miserable’ and admitted it was complicit in the jailing of gay people.
Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland, Diarmuid Martin, was responding to Pope Francis saying he supports same-sex civil unions.
Like the pope and other Catholic leaders, Martin opposes marriage equality. However, he has called on the church to rethink its views on LGBT+ issues in the past.
Martin said Francis’ comments was ‘a very strong message to the community in the Roman Catholic Church’. Moreover, he told RTÉ Radio 1 that Francis had opened up the subject of LGBT+ families for discussion. ‘Civil union law’ Francis made the comments in a documentary which premiered last week.