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he explains that the woman was - for some unexplained reason - denied communion at a 10 a.m. Sunday mass.

The woman in question has made a big deal out of being a lesbian. She said she "wanted a cookie". She also stated that she thought he clothing may have been the reason for the Communion denial.

Father asked her if she had been to Confession (after asking some other questions that may not be our business). She said no. He judged her to not be a Catholic in a state to receive Communion by her own words and likely a public sinner.

BTW, I am an usher at my church. two of us stnd on opposite ends of the Communion rail during the Reception of the Faithful, prepared to assist if anyone makes a problem. More churches might want to consider that.

Churches should do what your church does.

This woman, incidentally, is a gay activist and came in with her girlfriend.They had obviously planned in advance to do this. For one thing, the girlfriend was videoing the whole thing.

The priest didn’t know her and certainly didn’t know that she was gay or anything about her, but when she didn’t say amen when he said “Body of Christ” and didn’t hold out her hands or open her mouth, he asked if she was Catholic, if she had been to Communion recently, and then if she’d gone to Confession. She started to act weird and talked about the cookie, but then she went away and she and the girlfriend came back at the next mass, which was when she tried to grab the Host.

The priest had to bite her because he had no other means of defense….he had the ciborium in one hand and was trying to push her hand out of the ciborium with his other hand.

She’s the one who should have been charged with assault. And it was premeditated. They came intending to cause trouble and steal a Host.