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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I grew up in a parish that was recently in the news for the priest having denied a parishioner  communion for being in homosexual relationship (civilly married in fact).  She flaunted this and after numerous attempts to correct her, the priest was left with no alternative to deny her Communion as her actions and continued apostasy were not in accord with the faith.  The local Bishop very publicly supported the priest.  She and her partner left the Church for a denomination that fit with her lifestyle.  The vast majority of parishioners supported the Church is denying her Communion.[/quote]

did this priest also deny communion to all the divorced, cohabitating, remarried people? did he quiz everyone on their masturbation habits? focusing only on the gay couple demonstrates bigotry, nothing less. [/quote]
Well she left the Church so the point is moot.[/quote] 
maybe to you. I'm sure she and others still feel it's going on and certainly this isn't the last homosexual person the priest will have to deal with. The problem the catholic church has is that the majority of their priests are homosexual and engage in relations. [/quote]

There are more than 37,000 Catholic priests in the United States, and you’ve defamed them with absolutely no foundation. “The majority” of Catholic priests do not have a homosexual orientation, and even among those who do “the majority” are not engaging in sexual relations. There are plenty of sexual sinners among all denominations and their clergy.

And replying to a different poster, yes, the public and openly contumacious nature of the behavior in the cited case was what justified a public response. The person who approached the Eucharist had no interest in “communion,” and was looking for a way to blame others for their own decision to live a non-Catholic life. It is extremely unlikely that the public denial of the Eucharist was not preceded by multiple events of consultation, counsel, listening, accompaniment and cautioning.

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