Boy with cerebral palsy denied First Communion

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The priest had never even met the family. I don't get it. I thought the Church was having trouble getting members. First a lesbian, now a disabled boy, can't get communion. Why????

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/boy-cerebral-palsy-denied-communion-texas-catholic-church/story?id=13461019

P.S. I am NOT a Catholic Church hater. I just do not understand why anyone would behave this way toward a child.

I'm not Roman Catholic but I thought First Communion was when a child was 12 years old and coincided with first confession.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The priest had never even met the family. I don't get it. I thought the Church was having trouble getting members. First a lesbian, now a disabled boy, can't get communion. Why????

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/boy-cerebral-palsy-denied-communion-texas-catholic-church/story?id=13461019

P.S. I am NOT a Catholic Church hater. I just do not understand why anyone would behave this way toward a child.

I'm not Roman Catholic but I thought First Communion was when a child was 12 years old and coincided with first confession.

Not when I was a kid. We did it in 2nd grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The priest had never even met the family. I don't get it. I thought the Church was having trouble getting members. First a lesbian, now a disabled boy, can't get communion. Why????

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/boy-cerebral-palsy-denied-communion-texas-catholic-church/story?id=13461019

P.S. I am NOT a Catholic Church hater. I just do not understand why anyone would behave this way toward a child.

I'm not Roman Catholic but I thought First Communion was when a child was 12 years old and coincided with first confession.

Typically first confession and first communion are in 2nd grade.

Confirmation is older. Where I grew up it was 5th grade but then later moved to 8th grade.