“.....Spellman’s ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖity is no
secret. What I learned from Engel’s book — which is much better researched and argued than the bσɱb-throwing title would lead you to believe — is that Cardinal William O’Connell, archbishop of Boston from 1907 to 1944, was gαy. So too was Cardinal John Wright, made an auxiliary bishop of Boston in 1947 under O’Connell’s successor, Cardinal Richard CUSHING. Wright went on to become the Bishop of Worcester, Mass. Engel writes:......
“.....Cushing was on good terms with practically the entire Boston elite, as he softened the traditional confrontation between the Catholic Irish and the Protestant upper-class. He built useful relationships with Jєωs, Protestants, and institutions outside the usual Catholic community.....”.
Most holy priests of the past and present have been persecuted by sơdơmit hierarchy within the Church.