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Ed Peters is a lawyer. I initially approached his writings with an open mind but found him rather arrogant in his pronouncements ("I'm the expert, and the rest of you are just wrong"). He has resolutely refused to consider the fact that this particular lesbian was open and notorious in her sin, not only because she wrote and published about it, not only because she was dragging her "lover" around with her and introducing said lover in that manner, but particularly because she gave an eulogy for her mother in which she proudly proclaimed her lesbian practice, and announced that the deceased, her late mother, was in active support of her lesbian lifestyle. So the matter of her flagrant rejection of Catholic doctrine makes her sin open and manifest, which meets the standard for denial of communion. Unfortunately Mr Peters keeps moving the goalpost for this standard.

At this point it's irrelevant. The Lavender Brigade at the Archdiocese of Washington, in fear of being outed, have kicked this holy and noble-spirited priest out. Call it a suspension, call it an administrative leave, call it pecan pie if you like, but he's out of the parish, out of a job, and doesn't have a realistic chance of getting one around here again.

Thanks, guys. We had a superbly-educated warrior priest who knew how to face down atheists, Muslims, and the wicked. He fought courageously against the evil taking place at the local late-term abortion clinic. He imparted true Catholic doctrine to children and adults. But your bureaucracy has allowed evil to remove him. At least we know what side you're on, and it's not the side of the angels.