The secret history of Catholic caregivers and the AIDS epidemic

[MineralMan]

18. Some Catholics, including some priests and nuns, did good work, yes,

back then with AIDs sufferers. In every group of people, some did the same. Others ignored HIV. However, the official Roman Catholic Church did not do that. Instead it shunned LGBTQ people, sometimes even prohibiting Catholics from the Eucharist. Officially and institutionally, gays and lesbians were shunned by the RCC. It was one of the most shameful episodes in that period of time. I remember it well, and knew people who received that kind of treatment from the church they had been in all their lives.

You know that, I'm sure. But, you're trying to expand the efforts of a few Catholics into a false view of the church's real attitude and treatment of people who contracted HIV.

I think that's a shamefully deceptive thing to do. You might think otherwise.

Why is it a "secret history?" That's easy. It was kept as a secret within the Church, because the Church condemned LGBTQ people on a regular basis, and would not have approved.