He was one of the few priests the gay community could call on in the middle of the AIDS crisis.

We're here to protest the hypocrisy of the church. To restore confidence and trust of the faithful, there needs to be an apology.

You know the song: 'When Irish eyes are smiling, all the world seems bright and gay. Well, not on Fifth Avenue.

What we will maybe remember most as representative of the cardinal's stance toward our community is the closed doors of the cathedral. And that's sad in some way.