Ken Overberg, the collarless Jesuit theologian from Cincinnati's Xavier University, is one of the last people any conscientious Christian should consult to make moral choices.

His modus operandi is to introduce confusion to settled Catholic doctrines, e.g., homosexuality, contraception, abortion, etc., usually by citing the opinions of other heterodox theologians, and then use that invented confusion as the baseline for decisionmaking.

Take the example of homosexuality. While the Church urges compassion and understanding for homosexuals, it has condemned homosexual acts as always wrong in every circumstance for 2,000 years. Yet in the pages of the Catholic Telegraph, the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Fr. Overberg asked "whether it is right to require celibacy of all homosexuals" and suggested that such relationships ought to "be considered love-giving and life giving."

Readers should also know that Fr. Overberg's politics frequently colors his judgment. His immediate reaction to the September 11 atrocities was to place the responsibility at the feet of the United States, stating that it was up to the America to "end the root causes of violence."