and they can't even sue for discrimination cause it's the Church...
Posted on 08/13/2013 6:28:26 PM PDT by Morgana
WOONSOCKET, RI, August 13, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Two Rhode Island men were told by their priest that, because of their same-sex “marriage,” he could no longer give them Communion, according to local news reports.
Lew Pryeor and Pierre Laveillee were “married” in 2007 and have been parishioners at Sacred Heart for two years. Lew Pryeor and Pierre Laveillee
However, Fr. Brian Sistare at Sacred Heart Church has challenged the couple to conform to the Catholic Church’s teaching, which says that marriage can only be between a man and a woman.
The subject reportedly arose during a meeting Pryeor had requested with Fr. Sistane on Monday. Both Pryeor and Laveillee told the media they were upset with the “new young priest” delivering homilies critical of Rhode Island Democratic Governor Lincoln Chaffee and the Democratic Party.
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Fr. Sistane, who declined to comment to LifeSiteNews.com for this story, has been vocal in his criticisms of both for their support of abortion and same-sex “marriage.”
He recently wrote to Rhode Island's legislators criticizing same-sex “marriage.” In the letter, he wrote, “Marriage has always been understood as the union between one man and one woman. This is a 5,000 year old fact!”
He added, “I’m wondering what you will do when a mother comes to you and asks to be married to her son, or a cousin wants to marry her first cousin, or when a man wants to marry 2 or 3 women, or a human being wants to marry his animal?”
Pryeor complained the sermons are “pushing people away” and that Fr. Sistane “should not be a priest but he should be a politician.”
The criticisms hit close to home for Lew Pryeor on more than one front. He ran for the Rhode Island Senate as a Democrat in 2012 and was endorsed by Fight Back Rhode Island, a same-sex “marriage” advocacy group. Pryeor lost to incumbent Marc Cote, who has voted against both civil unions and same-sex “marriages.”
Pryeor has turned to his Facebook community for support, posting that he could not “get communion anymore” at Sacred Heart.
Laveillee and Pryeor have indicated they will be looking for a new parish to attend. Prior to Sacred Heart, Pryeor and Laveillee were active in area parishes, including St Eugene’s, St Mary’s, St Anthony’s, St John and James’s, and St Catherine’s.
His Facebook supporters have encouraged Pryeor to “fight” the priest’s decision in hopes that the negative publicity will pressure the church to back down and give communion to homosexuals who publicly flout its teachings on homosexuality.
One woman encouraged him, “Lew, if you challenge this Fr. Sistare, I'll bet you will be able to keep going to this same church AND receive communion!” She added, “that would make headlines!!!”
Others have provided recommendations of “gay friendly” Catholic churches in the area.
“There are several 'Roman' Catholic Churches in your area who would be happy to accept your family,” wrote a man. “I just don't want this to be a reflection of the Church as a whole, but rather one ignorant priest.”
LifeSiteNews.com contacted the Diocese of Providence for comment on the situation, but the diocese did not respond.
Contact information:
Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence Chancery Office Building One Cathedral Square Providence, Rhode Island 02903 401.278.4500
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Imbecile is just for starters. It’s all about ME and you affirming ME. Every religion, every group, boy scouts, etc etc, every one must not only tolerate, they must “celebrate” and “advocate” or be labeled a “hater”.
As it should be. Communion is about and with God, not about celebrating gayness.
God does NOT support homosexuality and said so, why should they get to commit their sin and not face they consequences of His judgment?
Here’s a solution to this problem:
The homosexuals get a “divorce”, confess/repent of their sins, and commence a chaste lifestyle.
If they do that, I would imagine Fr. Sistare would be more than happy to offer them Holy Communion.
Congratulations, Father. I love it when an issue that transcends FR’s religious divide can bring us together.
The "Church" is Christ Jesus, who was God in the flesh. God's law, captured in the Bible, clearly states that homosexuality is an abomination to Him. A reflection of the Church as a whole? It's not the Priest who is ignorant, but Pryeor!
If that had happened in the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., Donna Cardinal Wuerl would have revoked the priest’s faculties to practice within Donna’s Archdiocese.
“I don’t think he ever “got” communion even when he “got” it.”
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You are not just whistling dixie!
http://www.ewtn.com/faith/teachings/eucha3.htm
“Two of St. Paul’s phrases, from 1 Corinthians 11 and 10, are specially worth noting:
“Whosoever shall eat this bread, or drink the chalice of the Lord unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and of the blood of the Lord”; and “We, being many, are one bread, one body, all that partake of one bread”- a reminder that the Eucharist is not only for each man’s soul but for the unity of the Mystical Body. “
I hope Rhode Island Christians support Fr. Sistane. A young priest courageously fighting Satan. God bless you, Father Sistane.
Excellent.
What does Wuerl have to do with this article?
He can always gravitate to the Church of Whatever Feels Good, AKA the Unitarians.
Pryeor complained the sermons are “pushing people away”...
The righteousness of God tends to do that to those who are lost.
tenants are renters, not religious principles.
“But pressure the Church in general to “change” the deposit of faith? Never! There could be, and may be, martyrs’ blood in the streets. But it still would not and could not ever change.”
And it’s precisely this kind of moral consistency and absolutism that many people find comforting in a world with morals that are always changing according to the latest sin du jour.
The homosexual lobby will not be satisfied until their “lifestyle” is fully accepted by society and every sacred tradition and institution is defiled.
and they can't even sue for discrimination cause it's the Church...
I smell a lawsuit here - based on their denial of their “right” to take communion ...
‘Course, they’ll lose ...
Why thank you it just goes to show that no ever expects the grammar police, they just show up. I quiver in anticipation of your next critique.
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