>Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte has called on the Catholic Church to allow priests to have boyfriends.
>In a shocking speech given at a groundbreaking ceremony for a school near the capital Manila on Friday Duterte claimed 'most priests are gay' as he doubled down on a previous claim that 'almost 90 per cent' of the clergy are homosexuals.
>'Only I can say bishops are sons of b*s, damn you. That is true. Most of them are gay,' he said.
>'They should come out in the open, cancel celibacy and allow them to have boyfriends.'
>Duterte, who is a practicing Catholic, has previously spoken openly about his childhood abuse at the hands of a priest.
>It comes just a month after Duterte said in a speech at the Presidential Palace in the Phillippines that Catholic priests are 'useless fools' who should be 'killed'.
>Duterte's strong remarks are believed to have been made in response to the Catholic church's opposition to his government's ongoing war on drugs, which has left thousands dead.
>According to local reports, Duterte's comments were made during a speech at the presidential palace on December 6.
>'These bishops that you guys have, kill them. They are useless fools. All they do is criticise,' Duterte said.
>He also called the church 'the most hypocritical institution' and said his God is different from the one Catholics worship.
>The Catholic church has also made their concerns known, following the death of three of its priests since December 2017.
>However, Duterte has hit back at the church on various occasions about church morality in light of the high-profile international sexual abuse scandals involving priests.
Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6580715/Rodrigo-Duterte-calls-Catholic-Church-allow-useless-priests-boyfriends.html