So you think the Eucharistic Minister was oblivious to the actions of the priest and the deacon who refused to administer the sacraments? I think it highly unlikely and may have been a pre-planned setup with said EM.
“So you think the Eucharistic Minister was oblivious to the actions of the priest and the deacon who refused to administer the sacraments?”
Yes, I think that is entirely possible. After all the EMHC would have been at the head of a different line of people and concentrating on his or her line and not what was happening in another line or even another part of the church. Depending on the church design some EMHC are stationed where it is literally impossible to see what some other EMHC or priest or deacon is doing. A church near me is so large - the one in question is NOT very large - that EMHCs literally have to have their backs to the priests and deacons. The church is in the shape of a cross and the aisle arrangements make it impossible to see what others are doing and still distribute the Eucharist.
I looked at photos of the church interior that are online - there are only a few - and it is entirely possible that an EMCH might not see the priest or deacon.
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