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kpete

(71,994 posts)
Mon Feb 27, 2012, 06:38 PM Feb 2012

Priest Denies Lesbian Communion...At Her Mother's Funeral

Priest Walks Out Of Woman’s Funeral Because Of Her Gay Daughter
February 26, 2012

My friend Barbara, the daughter of the deceased woman, was denied communion at her mother’s funeral. She was the first in line and Fr. Guarnizo covered the bowl containing the host and said to her, “I cannot give you communion because you live with a woman and that is a sin according to the church.” To add insult to injury, Fr. Guarnizo left the altar when she delivered her eulogy to her mother. When the funeral was finished he informed the funeral director that he could not go to the gravesite to deliver the final blessing because he was sick.


I will tell you a little about the woman who drove that priest from the altar. She is kind, she is smart, she is funny and she works hard promoting the arts. She pays her bills, she cares deeply for her family and she loved her mother and her mother loved her right back. And now she will never set foot in a Catholic church again and who can blame her?

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/02/26/priest-walks-out-of-womans-funeral-because-of-her-gay-daughter/

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Warpy

(111,264 posts)
3. Anyone who knows her should shove her at the Episcopalians
Mon Feb 27, 2012, 06:43 PM
Feb 2012

which is what I do with Catholic believers who are fed up with the antiwoman, antigay, tolerant of child rape hierarchy.

The C of E kept the best of Catholicism, IMO, while discarding the millstone of the Vatican.

Brickbat

(19,339 posts)
4. Living with a woman is not a sin, ASS. The sin would be making assumptions and shaming someone
Mon Feb 27, 2012, 06:45 PM
Feb 2012

because of those assumptions. Get this man off the altar.

digonswine

(1,485 posts)
5. I live with a woman--
Mon Feb 27, 2012, 06:50 PM
Feb 2012

I'm a dude, though-so it is, apparently, ok.

I hope he was sick and puked up the meat and blood, which the host and wine turned into as he consumed it.

Drale

(7,932 posts)
6. See if that had happened to me
Mon Feb 27, 2012, 06:50 PM
Feb 2012

I would have knocked the bowl out of his hand, fell on the floor started rolling around and speaking in tounges, that would shut him up real fast.

RKP5637

(67,108 posts)
7. I'm afraid I would have lost my temper and told him to go home, his presence was not
Mon Feb 27, 2012, 07:05 PM
Feb 2012

needed. I don't take bullshit from people like that. n/t

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
8. What's the difference between God and Fr. Guarnizo?
Mon Feb 27, 2012, 07:08 PM
Feb 2012

God doesn't think he's Father Guarnizo.

I wonder if his parish cashes the offering checks from Barbara?

Drahthaardogs

(6,843 posts)
9. The priest is wrong here per Catholic Tradition.
Mon Feb 27, 2012, 07:36 PM
Feb 2012

Living with another woman is NOT a sin. Sexual intercourse outside of marriage (be it gay or straight) is a sin per the Catholic tradition. He has no way of knowing whether they live as sisters or lovers. He made assumptions he should not have made.

ZombieHorde

(29,047 posts)
10. The RCC are known assholes. When one choses to assosiate with known assholes,
Mon Feb 27, 2012, 07:45 PM
Feb 2012

one should expect asshole behavior. Choosing to associate with the RCC is just as foolish as choosing to associate with the KKK, unless of course, that person fits within the narrow definition of acceptable.

lpbk2713

(42,757 posts)
12. My guess, he wasn't sick.
Mon Feb 27, 2012, 07:48 PM
Feb 2012



He wanted to bugger a choir boy while everyone else was at the cemetery.


 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
13. “I cannot give you communion because you screw altar boys and that is a sin according to the church"
Mon Feb 27, 2012, 07:49 PM
Feb 2012

How many times have we heard that one??

Anyone? Bueller?

IntegrityNYC

(1 post)
14. The Episcopal Church (you know, the one with the lesbian bishop)
Wed Feb 29, 2012, 07:26 PM
Feb 2012

....welcomes everyone, especially those who have been driven away from their original faith communities. [link:http://www.integritynycmetro.org| has a list of NYC churches and we can help anyone find a local one.

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