Jesuits in US bolster outreach initiative aimed at encouraging LGBTQ+ Catholics

NEW YORK — Even as Catholic dogma continues to repudiate same-sex marriage and gender transition, one of the most prominent religious orders in the United States — the Jesuits — is strengthening a unique outreach program for LGBTQ+ Catholics.The initiative — fittingly called Outreach — was founded two years ago by the Rev. James Martin,…