No sanctions for Minneapolis church that ignored archbishop

A church that granted Holy Communion to members wearing rainbow sashes on Pentecost Sunday will not be reprimanded by Archbishop Harry Flynn, a spokesman for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis said.

Archdiocese spokesman Dennis McGrath said he had asked the archbishop if there would be repercussions for churches that granted communion to sash-wearing congregants. Flynn's reply was no, McGrath said.

It's as if there is no longer any need to be obedient to anyone except, of course, to one's own conscience, regardless of how malformed it may be. The priest of the parish, by ignoring and disobeying the bishop, encourages others to do the same. What an example he sets for the faithful - and what a poor example Archbishop Flynn gives by failing to admonish those involved.