Monday, March 12, 2012

Church Suspends Priest Who Denied Lesbian Communion

Archdiocese of Washington says the public move went against 'policy'

(NEWSER) - These certainly weren't the gentle and consoling words Barbara Johnson expected to hear at her mother's funeral on Saturday: When attempting to take Communion at the service at St. John Neumann Catholic Church in Gaithersburg, Md., the priest "put his hand over the body of Christ and looked at me and said, 'I can't give you Communion because you live with a woman, and in the eyes of the church, that is a sin,'" she tells the Washington Post . The Rev. Marcel Guarnizo had apparently found out about her relationship that morning, when Johnson arrived with her partner of 20 years. More?

Source: http://www.newser.com/story/141606/church-suspends-priest-who-denied-lesbian-communion.html

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