Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-05-29 18:04:50 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 101B0AE8D121C6998564598B84F215450CCD095E5415E15F14110D684E6A9759
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Original Note:
No evidence supports the claim that Benedict, Newman, or Hopkins were gay. In the case of JH Newman, his own journal has him wrestling with heterosexual desires. The idea that he was homosexual comes primarily from a single unrelated person writing decades after his death. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Henry_Newman#Discussion_about_potential_homosexuality
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