Original sentence: All priests of the Roman Catholic Church take vows of chastity.Another Episcopalian, Otis Charles, came out as gay after his retirement.Despite this, over the years there have been a number of priests (both heterosexual and homosexual) all over the world who have had allegations brought against them.He was elected Episcopalian Bishop of New Hampshire in 2003, and took office on March 7, 2004.Note:The correct title of this page is disputed.There have been many male bishops who have had sex with men, Homosexual bishops, but Episcopalian Bishop Gene Robinson is the first man who has been elected a bishop after his homosexuality became known.Though it is entirely possible that some of these homosexual priests have gone on to become bishops, cardinals or even popes, there have been no recent publicized cases of such
Edited sentence: Another Anglican, Otis Charles, came out as gay after his retirement.Despite this over the years there have been a large number of priests (both heterosexual and homosexual) all over the world who have been caught up in sex scandals sometimes including children.Francis Cardinal Spellman (1889 - 1967).He was elected Bishop of New Hampshire in 2003, and took office on March 7, 2004.It is entirely possible that some of these homosexual priests have gone on to become bishops, cardinals or even Popes.Just how many Popes have been gay is not known nor how recent this phenomenon has been.Pope Benedict IX - (1020 - 1055).Pope John XII -  (937 - 964).Pope Julius III - (1487 - 1555).Pope Leo X - (1475 - 1521).Pope Paul II - (1417 - 1471).Pope Sixtus IV - (1414 - 1484).Some of these bishops are:.The Popes of the Roman Catholic Church have initially as priests taken vows of chastity.The correct title of this page is disputed.There have been many male bishops who have had sex with men [1], but Anglican Bishop Gene Robinson is the first man who has been elected a bishop after his homosexuality became known.[1] Some view sexual orientation as a social construction, and therefore consider the use of the term gay or homosexual an anachronism if used to refer to individuals who lived before the 19th century