Posted on 11/03/2022 3:05:30 PM PDT by algore
A Catholic priest has been branded hateful over a sermon about 'rampant' sin, and denounced same sex marriage, abortion and the 'lunacy' of transgenderism.
Retired priest Fr Sean Sheehy told worshippers at St Mary's Church in Listowel, County Kerry, that gay couples were committing a 'mortal sin', and criticised the availability of free contraception for 'promoting promiscuity'.
A video of Fr Sheehy's comments, where he also criticised abortion and the trans community, has been shared widely online and has prompted condemnation of his views.
A reported 30 members of the the congregation walked out of the church, including Edel O'Connor who was there to mark the anniversary of her father Eamonn's death in 2016.
Taking to social media, she wrote : 'It wasn't nice walking out of my Dad's anniversary mass on Sunday but had to be done.
However in an appearance on Radio Kerry on Tuesday night, Fr Sheehy said he stood by his comments, telling the station he 'couldn't care less' about the punishment he had received.
In another radio interview, he claimed he was just passing on the church's teachings.
'My answer basically is that I'm giving the teaching of the scriptures and the church regarding homosexual sexual relationships: that they're sinful and that's it,' he said.
Asked if he planned to apologise, he said: 'Not at all - why would I apologise for the truth?'
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Falling Away is as good as walking out.
This why there must never be any probibitions against “hate speec.”
Sounds like the priest told the truth
Those aren’t “worshippers”. They’d probably walk out on an anti-abortion sermon, too.
‘Not at all - why would I apologise for the truth?’
Why, indeed?
Yup.
Yep!
But the truth can be unpopular with a complacent crowd!!!!
The fags and trannys walked out
Sounds like a good way to clean up the filth sitting in the pews
If one walks out of a church because of the church’s divinely inspired teaching, they’re not members of that church and that church is the bride of Christ.
Good riddance to bad rubbish.
Rev 3:16
“So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will vomit you out of My mouth.“
Gods truth is torment to the unbeliever.
Prayers won't help her father now. Edel should pray the sinner's prayer herself and ask Jesus to come into her heart. Tomorrow is never guaranteed to any of us.
Transsexualism and abortion are grave sins. God does not laugh them off or take them lightly.
Always nice to see an old school priest stand up in the face of the devil. God bless this old Irish priest! Nice to see the spirit of old Ireland still lives a little bit.
“For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but having itching ears, they shall heap to themselves teachers in accordance with their own lusts.” 2 Tim. 4:3
SORRY FOLKS! These are all VALID TEACHING of the Raman Catholic, Greek Orthodox, and Russian Orthodox churches.
I guess they weren’t really worshipers. Well, not of God, anyway.
I like this Priest!
This is a Catholic Church where, for a small fee, the time spent in purgatory can be shortened. Praying for the dead is what they do
Bucking God’s dictates never turns out well.
Same sex relationships start after they get tired of the chickens and sheep for love mates.
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