Priest Walks Out of Woman's Funeral Over Her Lesbian Daughter — Page 2

I was Baptized Catholic, but never attended services regularly. We usually only attended when my grandparents were present in a variety of cities and towns. In my experience, if you just show up for service and get in line, you get a cracker. It wasn't like you had to pass a test first or be deposed. This priest knew these people and agreed to do the service and then chose to humiliate the family during a time of grief. He shouldn't be allowed a cracker, either.

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I think the Catholic Church will suffer a significant fracture in the not-too-distant future. There are far too many good Catholics who work for the poor, social justice, and equality for them to remain in the fold of the archaic, ultra-conservative establishment. Many priests and nuns live in the real world, rather than the 15th century of church leadership.

Wasn't the fracture the Reformation? With numbers like the 98% of Catholic women who have used birth control, to the claims that many (most?) Catholics are pro-gay marriage, etc, etc, it would seem if there was actually going to be a fracture, there'd be one. Instead, the supposed "good" Catholics just talk about how they like the tradition and the pageantry or how their own personal parish and/or priest aren't like that, etc. Until the so-called "good" or "enlightened" Catholics can look at their own hypocrisy and how their helps perpetuate the Church's ability to remain squarely in middle ages, I don't see how sweeping change within the church is possible.

I know, right? They could stand to use a little seasoning. They quickly melt and get all gummy. Then you sit there and try and scrape the Jesus stuck to your tongue with your teeth. I don't think that's what he had in mind during the last supper.

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News report with more details. This MONSTER who PRETENDS he is a man of God makes me sick!

http://www.towleroad.com/2012/02/johnsonguarzino.html

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Updated On: 2/28/12 at 08:08 PM