Catholic priest denies communion to lesbian

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Every time I think about returning to the church something like this happens that reminds me of why I can no longer worship as a Catholic.

+1000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please do not talk about Catholicism if you know nothing about Catholicism. No one but the priest actually knows why he refused her the Eucharist. He knows that she is not in a state of grace he cannot give her the Eucharist. The assumption that it was because she is gay is a big leap. The priest cannot defend himself by telling how she is not in a state of grace. It is a sin under Catholic doctrine for anyone to receive the body of Christ if he/she is not in a state of grace and the sin is greater for the priest if he knowingly administers the Eucharist under these circumstances. That is why a priest cannot knowingly administer the Eucharist to someone who is divorce and remarried without an annulment. To be divorced alone does not prohibit someone from being n a state of grace and receiving the Eucharist. Without knowing why the priest acted as he did, and his inability to discuss his actions, everyone is jumping to conclusions based up the woman being gay.

I don't think it is a secret. The article reports that the priest told the woman that she lived with a woman and it is a sin, which is why she wouldn't be able to receive communion that day.

[Anonymous]

And what reason did the priest have for refusing to officiate at her mother's grave site, which he also did? Mother was a lifelong Catholic who struggled to put four kids through Catholic school. Even if you can justify what this priest did to her daughter at mom's funeral, how can you justify his treatment of mother, who was a devout Catholic? Is this what Jesus does? Turn his back on the faithful?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She was trying to goad the priest. Serves her right.

Really? She's burying her mother and her first thought is to "goad the priest."

REALLY?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can't believe people are ok with the way this woman was treated! Like a PP, this is Just another reason why I cannot and will not return to the Catholic Church. She did it to "goad" the priest?! Seriously?! And he declined to perform the graveside service? What is wrong with people?

Other religion are not like the Catholic Church. She picked the wrong religion. She cannot change hundreds of years of church doctrine in one act.

[Anonymous]

I bet they happily accepted any monetary donation she made to the church.
This is why I am an Episcopalian now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I bet they happily accepted any monetary donation she made to the church.
This is why I am an Episcopalian now.

Bwahaha gtfo

[Anonymous]

The priest could not knowingly give the Eucharist to a hetrosexual couple living in sin. It isn't a "gay" thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The priest could not knowingly give the Eucharist to a hetrosexual couple living in sin. It isn't a "gay" thing.

And yet our own archbishop says it's OK and does it. Somehow he has not been removed from his position by the pope, even though it was a very public position.

[Anonymous]

Amazing to me is that, after years of supposed Catholic schooling and devotion, she has somehow missed the fact that a) you cannot receive the eucharist while in a state of mortal sin and that 2) actively engaging in a homosexual relationship is grave enough to be a mortal sin. Her agenda has blinded her to the truths of the very faith that she is claiming to profess. Bizarre. Receiving the eucharist is a spiritual, mental and physical demonstration that you are living - or attempting to live - in accordance with the truths of church teaching. Anyone who knows that they are not, should refrain from receiving until they have been to confession and made an attempt to amend their ways. That simple.

As for the priest, I think he should have had a conversation with her ahead of time - and we don't know, maybe that happened. However, waiting for the communion line was not the moment for this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And what reason did the priest have for refusing to officiate at her mother's grave site, which he also did? Mother was a lifelong Catholic who struggled to put four kids through Catholic school. Even if you can justify what this priest did to her daughter at mom's funeral, how can you justify his treatment of mother, who was a devout Catholic? Is this what Jesus does? Turn his back on the faithful?

maybe Mom didn't leave enough money to the church....seriously, why even start to officiate at the funeral if he didn't plan to finish?

[Anonymous]

Only on DCUM would a priest do something, the church come out and say the priest was wrong and people STILL bitch

We get it. You aren't Catholic or you are a former Catholic, you think the Catholic church is horrible or you believe all priests are pedophiles.

Do you really think any Catholic cares what you think? Are you trying to change my religion? I think there is a song about this......

[Anonymous]

The Catholics that think they are trying to "protect doctrine" but don't get that the CARDINAL said the priest was was wrong and don't understand why the priest is WRONG - are embarrassing to the rest of us Catholics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:wow, where is the love? this woman was at her mother's funeral. this action just reeks of a lack of compassion, which i think would be counter to what God would want.

i seriously doubt this woman was taking a stand at her mother's funeral. have some compassion.

Agree. Yes, the family could have held it outside of the Church (even though the deceased relied on her religion until the end), but then the Church is tripping up families in their greatest time of need. Is this what they want? If the answer is yes, then that's why so many people won't walk in to a church today. If the answer is no, then he should have let her had communion with her and her God.

[Anonymous]

When my mother was died, I was not able to take communion. I know that I was not able to take communion and I didn't attempt to do so.

Without regard to what any individual Cardinal my do or say (they can and do bow to pressure)
, a priest cannot knowingly give the Eucharist to someone who is not is a state of grace the sin is on the priest and not the Cardinal.