Gay priests 'must prove chastity for three years': Vatican

An upcoming Vatican document on gays and the priesthood says men who demonstrate homosexual tendencies cannot become priests unless they can show they have lived chastely for at least three years, an Italian newspaper reported today.

Men who publicly show their homosexuality and those who reveal an attraction to the homosexual lifestyle and culture should also be refused admission to the priesthood, the document said, according to daily Corriere della Sera.