Cardinal Egan Out Of The Closet?
A Prince of The Church part of the Lavender Mafia?

Normally, I don't give much credence to wild accusations, unless one is going to back up bold talk with even bolder actions. As we use to say in The Corps... if you're gonna talk the talk, you better be ready to walk the walk.

Looks like that's exactly what Father Robert Hoatson is doing. In a lawsuit filed against Cardinal Egan, Father Hoatson claims; Egan is "actively homosexual," and that he has "personal knowledge of this." His suit names two other top Catholic clerics in the region as actively gay. Albany bishop Howard Hubbard and Newark archbishop John Myers.

Hoatson claims is that, as leaders of a church requiring celibacy and condemning homosexuality, actively gay bishops are too afraid of being exposed themselves to turn in pedophile priests. The bishops' closeted homosexuality, as the lawsuit states, "has compromised defendants' ability to supervise and control predators, and has served as a reason for the retaliation."

Hoatson realizes what he's up against. "I stopped and I thought long and hard about these allegations," he says. "It's time the church confronts this dysfunction. I couldn't do this outside of filing a lawsuit. The only thing the church responds to is negative publicity or a lawsuit. If I kept trying to do this within the system, I would be gone."

Sure does look like Father Hoatson is walking the walk.