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The US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) enjoys the support of homosexual activist groups for its "Virtus" program intended to protect children from sexual predators.[snip]
The program, used in dioceses throughout the US, proposes "training" for children, parents, clergy, teachers and church staff and volunteers and focuses part of its effort in a sex-education program for children as young as six in Catholic schools. The child sex-ed component, called "Talking about Touching," has been denounced by faithful Catholic parents' groups and priests as an attack on children's innocence and a device for dodging responsibility by bishops.
The weblog of a group of parents and teachers, called the Primary Educators' League, says that among the first organizations to endorse the Virtus program was the Catholic Rainbow Parents, an activist organization of parents of homosexuals that formally rejects Catholic teaching on sexuality. In July 2005, in their inaugural public statement, the Catholic Rainbow Parents proclaimed their support of Virtus.
The Rainbow Parents enjoys a high level of support within the Catholic institution in the archdiocese of St. Paul Minneapolis. A declaration sponsored by the group formally declaring their opposition to Catholic teaching on sexuality was signed by Sisters and Consociates (sic) and the Justice Commission of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet of St. Paul.
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The Rainbow Parents is part of a larger network that includes the Catholic Pastoral Committee on Sexual Minorities (CPCSM), a lay group that lobbies and agitates for the Catholic Church to abandon its teaching on the sacredness of human sexuality and adopt modern sexual mores.
The CPCSM has remained unchecked by the Archdiocese of St. Paul Minneapolis where it is based, since its inception and acts as the quasi-official advocates of homosexuality in the archdiocese.
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