(LifeSiteNews) — Bishop Robert Mutsaerts has said that pro-LGBT Catholics who claim to be inclusive are just as dogmatic as faithful Catholics.
The Dutch bishop detailed his visit to a pro-LGBT Catholic church, where he administered the sacrament of confirmation.
In an article on his blog, he recalled that “[a] rainbow flag was flying in front of the church entrance.”
“It is one of those parishes that calls itself inclusive, as became clear after Mass at the coffee table. ‘We are an LGBTQ church, a Rainbow Church.’”
Mutsaerts said that being inclusive is supposed to mean “not excluding anyone.”
However, “as soon as you make this ideal concrete, as soon as you apply it to beliefs, morals, and worldviews, a problem arises: you can’t embrace everything without also rejecting something.”
“The ‘inclusive church’ often claims that it welcomes everyone, regardless of background, identity, or belief. That sounds grand, almost evangelical. But here the paradox creeps in: one welcomes everyone—provided they share certain views on identity, sexuality, and truth,” the bishop said.
“Anyone who questions this, anyone who speaks from a traditional Catholic perspective on morality or anthropology, soon finds that the door is not as wide open as promised.”
He observed that both pro-LGBT and traditional Catholics set boundaries and are dogmatic in their beliefs.
“The difference, however, lies in the honesty with which those boundaries are acknowledged,” he stated. “The traditional church says: this is what we believe, and if you dispute that, we will engage in dialogue with you, but we will not give up our conviction. The inclusive church says something else: we exclude no one, while at the same time implicitly excluding certain beliefs.”
Mutsaerts said that he tried to address some of the controversial issues at the coffee table in the pro-LGBT church but was shut down.
“I was immediately canceled because my starting point does not align with their Rainbow Religion. Inclusion turns out not to be an open door, but a carefully guarded gateway.”
“True inclusivity does not begin with the abolition of boundaries, but with their honest acknowledgment and with the willingness—despite those boundaries—to still offer the other a seat at the table,” the bishop said. “This parish was not willing to do so, as it turned out.”
“A boy had been explicitly asked to withdraw and no longer participate in the confirmation preparation,” Mutsaerts recalled.
He said the boy was rejected because he said that Purple Friday (a pro-LGBT event in the Netherlands) was “nonsense.”
“I confirmed him elsewhere a week later,” Mutsaerts wrote.
“A boy with an opinion and character. Apparently, that doesn’t fit in this tolerant, non-exclusionary, inclusive, broad, open, accessible, hospitable, generous, welcoming, open-minded, understanding, and accepting parish.”