Catholic priest denies communion to lesbian

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She was wrong to ask for communion. He did not follow policy, he was wrong (he was to take her aside and speak to her privately is my understanding. I use birth control, I don't receive communion.

Ok, pp, I can respect you for that. It does make me wonder how many Catholics who use birth control continue to take communion. Anybody have an idea? And the folks who think it was okay for the priest to refuse this woman, would you be okay with the priest refusing communion to someone who takes birth control? I really would like to know.

A friend of mine had a priest refuse her communion because she is divorced. I thought that was BS. But, if they start refusing everyone who is divorced, on birthcontrol or gay...we'll be short a LOT of communion goers.

[Anonymous]

Just because she is living with a woman doesn't mean she is having sex outside of marriage. Even if she's an acknowledged homosexual. They could be roommates. They could be in a non sexual relationship. (like a lot of marriages). Sounds to me like the priest has a dirty mind.

No one is talking about bringing in the ACLU and government mandating anything. We are talking about KINDNESS.

When the Catholic church behaves in a way that is unkind, it generates bad PR for them and loses more members.

- former Catholic. baptized, confirmed, 12 years of Catholic school with nuns.

[Anonymous]

The priest was totally in the wrong. There are many people living in sin in one way or another who are not denied communion. This incident was unbelievably offensive especially because it was her mother's funeral.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This woman's problem is that she selected the wrong sin. If only she had assigned known pedophiles to work with children like Cardinal Law, she would have been fine. Maybe she should become a nun as I am sure all the homosexual priests and lesbian nuns get communion even though they live with members of the same sex.

Signed,

Former Catholic

Cosigned

Cosigned

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Someone defending this priest's actions please explain why he had to leave the alter when the woman went to speak about her mother and please also explain why he wouldn't go to the grave site to help the family.

Are those actions reasonable, in light of the fact that this woman is a lesbian And if so, could you please explain why?

I understand why he denied her communion, although the way he went about it lacked compassion, at a minimum. But please, leave that aside for a moment and explain his other actions.

They won't because they can't. No one can honestly defend that rude behavior.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Someone defending this priest's actions please explain why he had to leave the alter when the woman went to speak about her mother and please also explain why he wouldn't go to the grave site to help the family.

Are those actions reasonable, in light of the fact that this woman is a lesbian And if so, could you please explain why?

I understand why he denied her communion, although the way he went about it lacked compassion, at a minimum. But please, leave that aside for a moment and explain his other actions.

They won't because they can't. No one can honestly defend that rude behavior.

I guess so, because I keep asking and ::crickets::

I think it's a indicator that the way this priest went about this was wrong. And I wonder about why he reacted so irrationally and almost personally to the situation. He really went overboard.

[Anonymous]

To the PP, Catholics acting "irrationally"? This never happens - not!

[Anonymous]

from the post

I found him on YouTube. He seems to be a relatively young. He is thin and well kept and well spoken, and in the video below he took an extremely hardline stand against abortion last year in Germantown at a rally called “2,000 for Life.”

Guarnizo calls a doctor who performs abortions “The Butcher of Germantown.” And he compares the doctor and the act of abortion to the crimes and criminals of Nazi Germany during the Holocaust. It’s a remarkable video, and I urge you to watch it in its entirety.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/rosenwald-md/post/who-is-the-priest-that-denied-a-lesbian-woman-communion/2012/02/29/gIQAvEB9hR_blog.html

he starts at about 1:00

[Anonymous]

A real non censored discussion about this its located here fairfaxunderground.com/forum/read/40/844562.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A real non censored discussion about this its located here fairfaxunderground.com/forum/read/40/844562.html

Link fix:

http://www.fairfaxunderground.com/forum/read/40/844562.html

[Anonymous]

This is not an especially nice thing to say but...that priest looks like one creepy little dude (on the video). Yikes!

[Anonymous]

Despite the Church's teachings about homosexual activity, the overriding choice in this situation -- the poor woman's mother's funeral -- should have been compassion. Sadly the priest did not exhbit compassion. Christ himself forgave and comforted prostitutes, rather than comdemning them. Despise the sin, but love the sinner.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A real non censored discussion about this its located here fairfaxunderground.com/forum/read/40/844562.html

Are you sad that your creepy and juvenile pictures were deleted? So sad for you.

[Anonymous]

This is very simple. Catholicism does not give Holy Communion to practicing homosexuals. Catholicism and Christianity are not democracies or republics. What part of this don't you understand? They are religions and if you can't abide by their tenets, you are free to leave or start your own religion.

[Anonymous]