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Photo of John J. McNeill John J. McNeill is a psychotherapist, a moral theologian, teacher, scholar, writer and lecturer and has had many articles published in numerous journals, magazines and books.

After enlisting in the U.S. Army during World War II at the age of seventeen, he served in combat in the Third Army under General Patton and was captured in Germany in 1944. McNeill spent six months as a POW (Prisoner of War) until he was liberated in May of 1945.

John enrolled in Canisius College in Buffalo after his discharge from the army and, upon graduating, entered the Society of Jesus in 1948. He was ordained a Jesuit priest in 1959.
In 1964, he earned a Doctorate in Philosophy, with highest honors (Plus Grande Distinction), at Louvain University in Belgium.

His memoirs entitled Both Feet Firmly Planted In Midair: My Spiritual Journey were published in September 1998 by Westminister/John Knox Press.

During his professional career,

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In 1974, John McNeill was co-founder of the New York City chapter of Dignity, a group for Catholic gays and lesbians. For over twenty-five years, he has been active in a ministry to gay Christians through retreats, workshops, lectures, publications, etc.

McNeill's major works on the subject of gay and lesbian liberation, self-acceptance and spiritual maturity are as follows:

  1. In 1976, The Church and the Homosexual was published. This book was a re-evaluation of homosexuality from a moral and theological viewpoint. It was published in four other languages: French, Spanish, Italian and Danish. A fourth edition with a new preface was published by Beacon Press in 1993.
  2. Other publications include "Homosexuality, Lesbianism and the Future: Building a More Humane Society", in A Challenge to Love, ed. by Robert Nugent, Crossroads Press, 1983.
  3. In 1988, his second major work on gay liberation theology, Taking a Chance On God: Liberating Theology for Gays and Lesbians, Their Lovers, Friends and Families, was published by Beacon Press. This book was published in French and German in March of 1993, and Italian in October of 1994.
  4. The most recent book, which examines the role interior freedom plays in spiritual maturity, entitled Freedom, Glorious Freedom: The Spiritual Journey to the Fullness of Life for Gays, Lesbians and Everybody Else, published by Beacon Press was distributed early in February, 1995. It was published in Italian in 1996.
  5. In 1993, he also published an article entitled Homosexuality and Spirituality in The New Dictionary of Spirituality, (Liturgical Press, Collegeville, Minnesota).
  6. His article entitled Tapping Deeper Roots: Integrating the Spiritual Dimension Into Professional Practice With Lesbian and Gay Clients was published in The Journal of Pastoral Care, Vol. 48 No. 4, Winter 1994.

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