Pride month: Catholic Bishop called out for saying LGBT+ events 'dangerous' to children | indy100 | indy100

A Catholic Bishop has faced criticism and condemnation for warning Catholics not to attend Pride events

The tweet came as LGBT+ Pride Month kicked off in the US. As well as telling Catholics not to attend, Bishop Thomas Tobin warned them that Pride events are dangerous for children.

A reminder that Catholics should not support or attend LGBTQ “Pride Month” events held in June. They promote a cult… https://t.co/xlhA1wisKk
— Bishop Thomas Tobin (@Bishop Thomas Tobin) 1559388682

People were quick to point out the hypocrisy in the tweet, reminding the Bishop of the numerous Catholic Church sexual abuse scandals involving young children.

In recent years, horrifying details of abuse at the hands of church representatives have come to light, many of which were allegedly covered up.

Given the Bishop's tweet appeared at the start of Pride month, Twitter did not hold back.

@ThomasJTobin1 Kids are in far more danger at a catholic church than at a gay pride gathering.
— Mia Farrow (@Mia Farrow) 1559485282

@ThomasJTobin1 As opposed to the Catholic church which has never been especially harmful to children. Get your own… https://t.co/cJpvL1VkMK
— David Schneider (@David Schneider) 1559471394

@ThomasJTobin1 Not as much as the horrific mass sexuall abuse that the church continues on the children of the chur… https://t.co/lGFKrjSKet
— Kevin Nash (@Kevin Nash) 1559538190

Also: “Between 1992 and 1996, Tobin served as auxiliary bishop of Pittsburgh, one of six Pennsylvania dioceses cove… https://t.co/YeQmspbfhR
— Soledad O'Brien (@Soledad O'Brien) 1559439442

Always staggered by the extent to which senior Catholic church officials still believe they have any moral authorit… https://t.co/Y7GfT7tYRe
— Benjamin Law 羅旭能 (@Benjamin Law 羅旭能) 1559436179

@ThomasJTobin1 You know what’s proven to be actually harmful to children..? The Catholic Church.
— Wilson Cruz (@Wilson Cruz) 1559544288

Wait, the Catholic church is now *against* harming children? I must have missed that memo. https://t.co/6QXALIl1m2
— Iron Spike (@Iron Spike) 1559563271

A reminder that the Catholic church controls 90% of Irish state funded primary schools in what is supposed to be a… https://t.co/M5wJuK5PcY
— Ruairí McKiernan (@Ruairí McKiernan) 1559473249

H/T: DailyDot

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