John F. Harvey

John Francis Harvey
Born(1918-04-14)April 14, 1918
DiedDecember 27, 2010(2010-12-27) (aged 92)
OccupationPriest

John Francis Harvey OSFS (April 14, 1918 – December 27, 2010) was a Catholic priest, a moral theologian, an educator and the founder of the DeSales School Theology in Washington, DC.

Harvey founded the Courage Apostolate, an official Catholic organization that counsels gay or same-sex attracted Catholics to help them remain abstinent from gay/same-sex sexual activities.[1][2]

His opinions and ideas were expressed in written works in his effort to help the long-time problem of homosexuality in the Church conflicting with moral, Catholic teaching.[3]

  1. ^ About Courage http://couragerc.org/courage/about/. Retrieved 2015-06-29. See also USCCB documents on "Abstinence and Chastity." [1]
  2. ^ Rev. Msgr. Robert J. Batule, "In Memoriam: Rev. John F. Harvey, O.S.F.S. (1918–2010)," The Catholic Social Science Review, 16 (2011), pp. 365–366.[2] Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2015-06-29
  3. ^ Eamonn Keane, "Difficult questions on homosexuality and gay 'marriage' answered by Fr John Harvey, OSFS," Renew America, June 20, 2010. [3] Retrieved 2015-06-30