.- In
response to controversial statements on sexual morality, bioethics and
official Church teaching by Jesuit theologian Father Juan Masia, the
provincial superior of the Society of Jesus in Spain, Father Elias
Royon Lara, announced this week his “disagreement with the content of
such opinions and with the way in which some of them have been
expressed.”
A statement
issued on Tuesday by the Jesuit provincial office of Spain noted that
the Comillas Pontifical University had revoked Father Masia’s position
as professor of bioethics and that despite his extensive intellectual
and pastoral tenure, both in Japan and in Spain, “the Society of Jesus,
with sorrow but in keeping with its responsibility of service to the
Church, believes it necessary to publicly manifest its disagreement
with the content of such opinions and with the way in which some of
them have been expressed.”
Father Masia was
removed from his position as head of bioethics at the Comillas
Pontifical University in Madrid in January because of his writings and
statements supporting condom use and the manipulation of human embryos.
His opinions
were published in a book that, according to the Jesuit provincial, did
not carry “proper ecclesiastical licenses” or “the authorization of his
superiors.”
While Father
Masia’s positions could not be supported, Father Royon said the
Jesuits, “who have always been at the crossroads of the dialogue
between faith and culture,” desire to continue contributing to serious
reflection in these areas.
Jesuits in Spain distance themselves from controversial moral theologian
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