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Fri 10 Oct 2008Vatican advises 'psychological evaluations' for seminarians
THE VATICAN'S Congregation for Catholic Education yesterday released a document recommending that seminary candidates undergo "psychological evaluations" with regard to potential personality disturbances as well as to their ability to live a celibate life.
The document seems to follow on from one issued by the congregation in 2005 which said the Catholic Church cannot ordain men who are active homosexuals or who have "deep-seated" homosexual tendencies.
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