"It is because I have a 34-year profound experience of gay love that I’ve been able to carry on this ministry… I speak out of a deep personal experience of gay love, which made me really aware of God’s love for me… It freed me from my childhood relationship to a God of fear."

Former Jesuit Dr. John J. McNeill thus opened his lecture at Lake Avenue Baptist Church, Rochester NY, on October 24, 1999. That All May Freely Serve received permission from Dr. McNeill and from Peter Carman, Lake Avenue’s pastor to present the lecture on our web site.

Dr. H. Darrell Lance, former professor at the Divinity School, introduced the speaker.
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And now, Dr. McNeill's lecture...
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A news article about Dr. McNeill's visit reprinted with permission from The Empty Closet

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