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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Nothing. It was the Arlington diocese treating me terribly when I wanted to marry dh who was a Protestant. The priest flat out said he didn’t want to and needed dh to convert. And when I married him they refused to bless the marriage until he went through rcia. Dh was willing to attend church weekly but he did not want to convert.

I would have loved to have attended weekly and raised my kids catholic (I tried to return a decade later when pregnant and they wouldn’t allow me to baptize the kids either). I still wish I could go back but I’m done with the Arlington diocese. It has to be the most conservative one in the country. The strangest thing because I’ve had cousins who married non Catholics and were still allowed to take communion and attend. [/quote]

If this actually occurred as described, the priest vastly exceeded any legitimate authority he may have had. You should have promptly complained to the pastor (if this was an associate), the bishop (if it was the pastor), the Apostolic nuncio (if the bishop wouldn’t help), and even Rome (probably the Congregation for Clergy).  And, as PP’s have pointed out, you might have been able simply to ask at a different parish (although that might require some canonical compliance).[/quote]

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