Posted on 11/25/2020 5:48:54 PM PST by marshmallow
Neither the priest nor the diocese have explained the arrest despite a stated mask exemption for those seated in their pew.
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, November 24, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — The pastor of a Catholic Church in Kansas City, Missouri, had a woman arrested as she prayed with her children in the pews of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church for refusing to wear a mask, despite instructions in the church’s previous Sunday bulletin and the diocesan website stating that masks are required “except when remaining in the pew.”
The mother of 11 children, six of whom are adopted, said in an interview with Restoring the Faith Media that she came to the church with her family to pray Vespers, as she does every year on Halloween. She had arrived early and was praying private devotions with her husband and children when police arrived and arrested her, at the request of the church pastor, Rev. Gary Ziuraitis, C.Ss.R.
The bulletin issued by Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church on October 25 reads, “In accordance with diocesan rules and the current Kansas City ordinance, everyone must wear a mask in church, unless you are seated in your pew.”
The Kansas City police incident report says the pastor told the officers that the mother, whose name she wishes to remain anonymous, was not wearing a mask when she entered the church, and neither were her children.
The mother said that the keyholder of the church yelled at her and her children as they entered for not wearing masks, even though no one was in the church at the time. She continued on to a pew to pray the Divine Mercy chaplet with her children, after which, she reported, the pastor approached them, without wearing a mask himself, and told her that......
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Tyrant.
ControllaVirus will be the death of organized religion.
I’m soooo glad that priest was able to catch that female desperado....No telling what havoc she would have done to the church...Think about it..11 children praying and then watching their mother arrested
Yes, but did the priest get a chance to molest the kids?
Anybody with 11 children, should definitely be allowed to pray without being ratted on by priest, and turned in to the cops.
Yeah, good job there, Padre. Way to be a “shepherd” to your “flock”.
Ziuraitis huh. Maybe his immigration status needs to be checked. I think I remember seeing him in a pedophile line-up somewhere. Isn’t he a registered sex offender?
Is this what is in the priests Bible? What kind of theology does he believe in? Obviously, he's out of his depth in this job.
It sounds like a power struggle from a priest who doesn’t like to be questioned, least of all by a woman.
It’s hard enough getting people to come to Mass as it is, don’t turn it into a game of Tag or “Gotcha!”
I wondered why the woman’s husband didn’t speak up?
Then I presumed maybe he doesn’t speak much English.
I bet he hides illegal aliens and lies to ICE all of the time ..
Ahh, those crazy Catholics!
I think he's auditioning to become part of the recognized state church. Biden's masters in China allow organized religion as long as it follows their dictates. Biden and Harris will probably have the same standards.
The priest fears covid more than the Lord.
Ping
If God wanted me to wear a mask I would have been born with a mask on. :)
My parish is Redemptorist.
Thoroughly unimpressed with these hireling dreck.
Chief Padre, Jorge Bergoglio has them indoctrinated. When he leaves, the Church will need a cleanup.
God’s way of telling her to choose her spiritual provider more cautiously
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