Posted on 07/02/2022 4:56:47 PM PDT by ebb tide
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - On the last day of Pride Month, a Lexington church is apologizing to the LGBTQ+ community.
Leaders at St. Paul Catholic Church said they want to make amends for the church’s discrimination and lack of compassion.
“I felt betrayed by an institution. A divine institution, and I was heartbroken,” said JR Zerkowski, director of the Catholic LGBTQ+ Ministry.
Multiple religious leaders made remarks Thursday evening about their mistreatment within Catholic congregations and the long road they took just to be accepted.
“It took me 20 years for my mom to accept me,” said Rev. Marsha Moors-Charles, a founding pastor at the Bluegrass United Church of Christ.
But those same pastors sought a way to break the chains of oppression through the word of God.
So St. Paul Catholic Church held a service, one that Rev. Richard Watson called “unprecedented within the region,” to apologize to the LGBTQ+ community and to atone for the church’s transgressions.
Even as they spoke, others just across the street spoke out against them. But they have a message to even those who denounce them.
“There are those that call me a heretic, I have gotten hate mail from all over the country. That’s okay. Love wins,” Rev. Watson said.
One reverend called it a “courageous move” for the parish, considering the potentially divisive nature of the topic.
We reached out to the Catholic Diocese of Lexington for comment on the event but have not heard back.
This disgusts me!!!!
Funny how they forget that part of the New Testament regarding forgiveness of sins.
Lots of unrepentant gay catholic priests. Only doing the sacraments doesn’t save ones soul.
Depraved.
They have more of a need to apologize to the straight young men their priests buggered.
sht for brains
“God doesn’t apologize on judgment day.”
True. The Lord doesn’t even speak on judgment day. Judgment day itself will triggers every person’s conscience. As they say, “You’ve made your bed, now lie in it.”
I wouldn’t walk into a Church if it had a rainbow flag.
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At that point it’s no longer a church. At best it’s an apostate church. There’s way too many, definitely a sign of the end of the Age.
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