Milwaukee Archdiocese: "We don't control what Marquette does"

Archbishop Jerome Listecki, who last year raised concerns about Marquette's plans to hire O'Brien, was unavailable Friday for comment on the announcement.

His chief of staff, Jerry Topczewski, said he did not know whether Listecki was aware of the decision in advance or whether the archbishop would comment publicly on it.

"We don't control what Marquette does. It's an independent institution," he said.

Catholic teaching holds that homosexuality is "intrinsically disordered," "contrary to the natural law," and that it serves as a "trial" for most of those so oriented, according to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, posted on the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops website.

It requires homosexuals to remain chaste, but also that they be treated with respect, compassion and sensitivity.

Catholic bishops have lobbied against same-sex marriage, and last year condemned a group that ministers to homosexual Catholics, saying its writings on gay marriage are not consistent with church teaching.

Listecki last year criticized a court decision overturning California's 2008 law banning same-sex marriage, and the Diocese of La Crosse contributed $500 to defeat a same-sex marriage bill in Maine in 2009 when he was bishop of La Crosse.

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Here's the tricky part, to remove Marquette's claim to the word "Catholic", the archdiocese would first need to remove "Catholic" from the Jesuit province that enables this kind of scandal.