St. Patrick’s holds rare Mass of Reparation after ‘scandalous behavior’ at service for NYC trans icon Cecilia Gentili

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[Tench_Coxe]

NEW YORK — St. Patrick’s Cathedral held a rare Mass of Reparation Saturday after the Archdiocese of New York claimed mourners at a funeral service for trans icon Cecilia Gentili last week engaged in “scandalous behavior.”

St. Patrick’s pastor, the Very Rev. Enrique Salvo, said that at Cardinal Dolan’s request, the Mass was offered to pray for forgiveness for what some Catholics considered a desecration of the historic Midtown house of worship.

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So many people showed up at the “homegoing service” that the Rev. Edward Dougherty, who presided over the Mass, commented on the size of the crowd.

“Except on Easter Sunday, we don’t really have a crowd that is this well turned out, you know?” Dougherty said during the service.

[Tench_Coxe]

IMHO, the presiding priest should have stopped the "service", dismissed the pagentry (escorting people out if necessary), and proceeded with the funeral rite.

A Mass of Reparation, after the fact, is an affront to the Almighty, imho.

[Adder]

Agreed...except with the continuing the service.

The person was an atheist as I understand it and those who arranged this desecration hid that fact. [the wife discovered that tidbit somewhere so I can’t cite it]

It was a disgusting display that should have been stopped dead in its tracks..

[DeplorablePaul]

The repulsive behavior of trans makes them unsympathetic victims. They provoke disgust. It confirms how they feel about themselves.

[TalBlack]

They are deviants, Jim, perverts, they can’t not be that.

[outofsalt]

Better Yet,