U.S. Jesuits bolster outreach initiative aimed at encouraging LGBTQ Catholics

3/1/24
 
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The program hit a milestone with the appointment of journalist and author Michael O’Loughlin as its first executive director.

Even as Catholic dogma continues to repudiate same-sex marriage and gender transition, one of the most prominent religious orders in the United States — the Jesuits — is strengthening a unique outreach program for LGBTQ Catholics.

The initiative — fittingly called Outreach — was founded two years ago by the Rev. James Martin, a Jesuit who is one of the country’s most prominent advocates for greater LGBTQ inclusion in the Catholic Church.

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