John J. McNeill (1925–2015)

The first tentative steps towards getting acceptance for homosexuals in the Catholic Church. Of course, they silenced the author and later forced him out of the priesthood. Don't even bother with this one now.

Though this work is somewhat dated, it affords an interesting look into the attitudes of the mid twentieth century.

from the back cover: "The Rev. John J. McNeill is a Jesuit priest, teacher, scholar, writer, lecturer and psychoanalyst. ... He is co-founder of the New York chapter of Dignity, an organization of Catholic lesbians and gay men. ... James Gaffney, in America magazine, called this book ' ... a theologically and ethically enlightened attempt to demonstrate the intellectual baselessness of current attitudes and policies concerning homosexuality, and to commend a wiser and kinder pastoral show more approach to the problems and potentialities of homosexuals.' " show less