Dr Edward Peters: Are "family annihilators" owed a Church funeral?

Dr Peters writes:

Pretty obviously, the term "family annihilator" is one that Catholic pastoral ministers are going to have to add to their lexicon.

This horror will doubtless continue to show up in Catholic circles, and it seems time to decide what approach should be taken in regard to granting, or withholding, ecclesiastical funeral rites for murders and their victims.

His thoughts on this mater are here.