I would not be an openly gay priest in a Church that fires LGBTQ employees and volunteers. I left the Jesuits because I left the Roman Catholic Church. I am a modern gay Christian in search of love, one who still wants to become a priest.įrom 2004 to 2014 I was a Jesuit, a member of the Society of Jesus in good standing, an order gone global by the election of Pope Francis I. That’s what I’m looking for, love it falls under the rubric of modern love. Some day I will be a priest, hopefully married with children. For me the best place is the Episcopal Church. Today, at 35, I am a gay seminarian who still needs human touch.