Is the Vatican getting ready to adopt a US-military style policy of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell as it concerns gay priests? Religion News Service reports:

Vatican City, Oct. 7 - A forthcoming Vatican document on homosexuality is expected to restrict gay men's entry into the priesthood but not ban them outright, providing they have been celibate for at least three years and have not publicly disclosed their homosexuality.

Candidates who participate in gay pride rallies or associate with other forms of "gay culture," including books, film and Internet sites, are also excluded from becoming priests, according to detailed reports published Friday.

Italy's leading daily newspaper, Corriere della Sera, which first reported on the new guidelines, said that candidates must "show an adequate capacity for self-control" and must "live in chastity" for three years. The report did not say how seminaries are to determine who fails to meet these criteria.

Well, I guess this is more like Don’t Tell, But We’re Going To Investigate.

DignityUSA has more on the Vatican’s emerging new policies on homosexuality and the priesthood.

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