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On the central issue, the guidelines said when a person’s “formal cooperation becomes manifest (understood, in the case of a Catholic politician, as his consistently campaigning and voting for permissive abortion and euthanasia laws), his pastor should meet with him, instructing him about the church’s teaching, informing him that he is not to present himself for Holy Communion until he brings to an end the objective situation of sin and warning him that he will otherwise be denied the Eucharist.”

Sadly, Archbishop Chaput has indicated that it is the responsibility of the communicant to stay away from the Communion Rail. This is not correct. Rather, it is the responsibility of the Minister of the Eucharist to deny Holy Communion. This is a huge difference that goes against the Church's teachings [3] regarding canon 915 as well as recent statements from the Vatican stating that the manifest pro-abortion politicians must be denied, and the burden IS upon the Minister to deny, NOT upon the communicant to stay away.
-- from the thread Will Denver Catholic Archbishop finally enforce Canon 915?

I am a Eucharistic Minister and have been told that I am not a Eucharistic policeman and cannot refuse to give the host to anyone. Rather, I am supposed to report the offender to the celebrant priest after mass. Very hard to do and enforce.

OK, so apparently we've got two black marks against Chaput.

1) He placed the naked jogging priest on administrative leave only, instead of .....................(fill in the blank).

2) He won't fully enforce Canon 915.

Thanks, Alex.

Any other skullduggery in the Archdiocese of Denver which we should know about?