Gay woman wants priest relieved of duties after communion

[Neoma]

(Reuters) - A lesbian woman from the nation's capital wants a Catholic priest relieved of his duties after he denied her communion at her mother's Maryland funeral because she lives with another woman, she said on Wednesday.

The local archdiocese has apologized for the actions of Father Marcel Guarnizo, but Barbara Johnson, who is gay and lives with her lesbian partner, said that was not enough.

Guarnizo officiated at a funeral mass for Loetta Johnson on Saturday at Saint John Neumann Catholic Church in Gaithersburg, about 25 miles northwest of Washington. He told attendees that only church members in a "state of grace" would be allowed to receive communion, Johnson said.

Johnson said that when she approached, the priest covered the communion chalice with his hand, "looked me in the eye and said 'I cannot give you communion because you live with a woman.'"

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This is one of those, "It could go into the LGBT group, or the Feminists group. Either way..."

[La Lioness Priyanka]

1. probably could go in both

[Jamastiene]

2. K&R

It could very well go in both, imho.

[Warren DeMontague]

3. Hard for me to say. On one hand, I think the Priest's behavior is appalling

OTOH, I have no idea why anyone wants to remain associated with that particular organization in the first place.