Monday, March 12, 2007

Wyoming Priest Enforces Canon 915

Wyoming Priest Denies Communion to Lesbian Activist Couple “Married” in Canada
By Peter J. Smith

GILLETTE, Wyoming, March 12, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) – An activist lesbian couple “married” in Canada may no longer receive Holy Communion in the Catholic Church, after having been told by their pastor that their homosexual behavior and advocacy of same-sex unions prevent them from being Catholics in good standing.

The News-Record, a Gillette newspaper, reports that Rev. Cliff Jacobson, pastor of St. Mathew’s Catholic Church, informed Leah Vader and Lynne Huskinson by letter that “because of your union and your public advocacy of same-sex unions, that you are unable to receive communion.”
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Tis priest is to be commended for upholding his obligations...It says a lot when a priest does what few bishops are willing to do and that is, to protect and safeguard the Holy Eucharist - Christ, truly and substantially present in the Blessed Sacrament - as well as to safeguard Christ's followers from sin and scandal.

This priest will, no doubt, need our prayers, as will those whom he warned...

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