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Via GAY USA

In the midst of the furor over Vatican plans to remove gay men from Catholic seminaries (story), Gay USA is presenting the world TV premiere of Brendan Fay’s documentary, Uncommon Jesuit: A Conversation with Rev. John McNeill this evening at 11pm EST via webcast. The 31-minute film will run about twenty minutes into the show, following the news segment.

Rev. John McNeill McNeill, 80, is the out gay author of the seminal Church and the Homosexual. In 1976, he was removed from the Jesuits for speaking out against Catholic condemnation of gay love. The documentary covers his life from growing up in Buffalo to his experience as a prisoner of war in World War II to his priesthood and his 37-year relationship with Charles Chiarelli. He was one of the first major theologians to say that homosexuality could be practiced in consonance with Christianity. His appearances on the Today Show and Donahue drove the Vatican crazy, eventually leading to his official silencing by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, in the late 1970s.

Gay USA is seen in Manhattan on The Manhattan Neighborhood Network on Thursdays at 11 PM on Time-Warner 34 and RCN 107 and simulcast at on the Manhattan Neighborhood Network's channel 34. It is distributed nationally on the Dish Network through Free Speech TV.

HOW TO WATCH GAY USA GAY USA, hosted by Andy Humm and Ann Northrup each Thursday evening. WEBCAST GAY USA is simulcast on the web at 11pm EST on Thursdays. To watch, point your broweser to the Manhattan Neighborhood Network and select Channel 34. ON TELEVISION in Manhattan on MNN on Thursdays at 11 PM on Time-Warner 34 and RCN 107 and simulcast at MNN.org channel 34. It is distributed nationally on the Dish Network through Free Speech TV.

Originally published on Thursday September 29, 2005.