Phillip Clark Phillip Clark is a writer, paralegal, activist and restorative justice practitioner living in Baltimore. By this Author Mar 30, 2023 Papa, don't preach, until the church has updated teaching on homosexualityPope Francis' support for decriminalization is a good first step, but the church needs to revisit its dehumanizing teachings on gender identity and sexual orientation and repair the teachings' harm, says a gay Catholic.