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Priest Calls Police on Mother of 11 Praying in Empty Church Without a Mask
LifeSite News ^ | 11/24/20 | Emily Mangiarcina

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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To: marshmallow

What a dick


21 posted on 11/25/2020 6:49:44 PM PST by Adder ("Can you be more stupid?" is a question, not a challenge.)
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To: marshmallow

This is one priest who should be “decked”!
What a tool!!

Any money he’s a Franciscan


22 posted on 11/25/2020 6:56:57 PM PST by bantam
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To: marshmallow

He’ll be made a Cardinal soon.


23 posted on 11/25/2020 7:14:22 PM PST by dynachrome (People who get what they want are often surprised when they also get what they deserve. ~ james wood)
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To: marshmallow

What is the charge?


24 posted on 11/25/2020 8:19:58 PM PST by razorback-bert (This year shall be known as PANIC of 20.)
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To: marshmallow

Pastor?


25 posted on 11/25/2020 8:34:54 PM PST by Smellin Salt
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To: marshmallow

“This is our church, guys.”

That’s what the pro-divorce pro-female-priest crowd says.


26 posted on 11/25/2020 9:24:54 PM PST by NobleFree ("law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the right of an individual")
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To: cyclotic

Male Karen.😝


27 posted on 11/25/2020 9:39:22 PM PST by BiteYourSelf ( Earth first we'll strip mine the other planets later.)
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To: marshmallow

Rev. Gary Ziuraitis, C.Ss.R.

Wow. Seems wrong to interrupt a lady who is praying quietly with her children. My hunch is that the Reverend Father needs therapy to cure his repulsion toward women and children. It’s real simple. No sick fags should be in the priesthood.


28 posted on 11/25/2020 9:55:32 PM PST by Falconspeed
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To: marshmallow

“she reported, the pastor approached them, without wearing a mask himself, and told her that she would have to put on a mask or leave the church.”


29 posted on 11/25/2020 11:22:05 PM PST by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: tired&retired

As you judge, you too will be judged.


30 posted on 11/25/2020 11:23:06 PM PST by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: marshmallow

That priest needs an ass kickin


31 posted on 11/26/2020 12:42:56 AM PST by albie
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To: marshmallow

The priest should be excommunicated. But what will likely happen is Frankie the Fake will make him a Cardinal. Calling the cops for praying in a Church? You just can’t make this crap up.


32 posted on 11/26/2020 1:06:30 AM PST by Trump_Triumphant ( Trump will always be my President, and Jesus Christ will always be my Lord)
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To: Adder

Classy comment there. You know, there are ladies present, don’t you?


33 posted on 11/26/2020 6:25:44 AM PST by Bigg Red (WWG1WGA)
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To: Bigg Red

I’m a lady, and I don’t mind. He is a dick.


34 posted on 11/26/2020 6:26:23 AM PST by MayflowerMadam ("FRAUD VITIATES EVERYTHING." Landmark case - SCOTUS/ U.S. v. Throckmorton)
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