@juicy@lemmy.today to News@lemmy.world • edit-26 months agoEx-Louisiana deacon whose son was sexually abused by a priest is excommunicated from churchwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up1153arrow-down13
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minus-square@n2burns@lemmy.calinkfedilink34•8 months ago “I am aware that your family has suffered a trauma but the answer does not lie in leaving the Most Holy Eucharist,” Deshotel wrote in his excommunication decree. By excommunicating him, you’ve banned him from receiving Eucharist. He didn’t leave.
minus-square@meleecrits@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink14•8 months agoThis is absolutely to punish him for bringing the corruption to light. I’d wear this excommunication as a badge of honor, but I’m not Catholic.
By excommunicating him, you’ve banned him from receiving Eucharist. He didn’t leave.
This is absolutely to punish him for bringing the corruption to light. I’d wear this excommunication as a badge of honor, but I’m not Catholic.