San Francisco
archdiocese to review adoption policy

Boston may not be the only Catholic archdiocese in the country to stop allowing gay people to adopt children through its social service agency. The archdiocese of San Francisco will likely also be searching for a way to bar gay couples from adopting children through its own charity arm, reports The Boston Globe. When a Globe reporter called the San Francisco archdiocese to ask whether it would continue letting same-sex couples adopt in light of the Massachusetts bishops' efforts to stop the practice, a spokesman initially defended its policy. However, William Levada, a top Vatican official and former San Francisco archbishop, later e-mailed the reporter, saying that while he himself had allowed gay parents to adopt three children, Catholic doctrine forbids the practice and no Catholic agency should make such a placement. In light of that directive, the spokesman says the San Francisco archdiocese will now be reviewing its adoption policies. (Sirius OutQ News)