WALLY BREWSTER BECAME THE American ambassador to the Dominican Republic in November 2013. The Vatican’s biggest concern with this? Brewster is an openly gay, married man. After taking up his post, the Vatican advised Brewster to keep his sexuality a secret. When Brewster refused, he received backlash from the country’s prominent Cardinals. According to the New York Times, Cardinal Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez, the archbishop of Santo Domingo said he was appalled that Brewster received the post, and even called him a “maricón,” a Spanish slur for gay men.
Read the full article describing Brewster’s story in the New York Times here. 