[metmom]

So.... Are Catholics OK then with a priest serving them communion after he had been molesting boys the night before?

If the parishioner had molested boys after confession and before communion, would that not be considered mortal sin? And would he then not technically be prohibited from taking communion?

Then why would it be acceptable for a priest to be exempt and allowed to consecrate the host and serve communion? I wonder what Jesus thinks about that? Being called down from heaven into the host by hands lifted up that had been engaging in such henous sin?

[verga]

So.... Are Catholics OK then with a priest serving them communion after he had been molesting boys the night before?<>P>Please explain how this question is either Christen or charitable. Are home schoolers okay with parents molesting their own children? Because that is where the highest percentage of molestation comes from, familial relations.

[miss marmelstein]

The chance that a recipient would know that a priest had committed a sin prior to receiving would probably be very low to impossible to know. All I am saying is that I can still receive Communion from him - it does not negate the priest’s ability to advance the miracle of Holy Communion.

A priest not in the state of grace cannot receive Communion - you either know this or refuse to accept this so I don’t think we need to discuss this any further.

[CynicalBear]

>>So.... Are Catholics OK then with a priest serving them communion after he had been molesting boys the night before?<<

Ephesians 5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

And yet Catholics allow them to be their leaders.