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"‘Married’ homosexual serves on parish council in pro-LGBT bishop’s diocese"
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"Peruse the online biographies of the St. Clare Parish Council in California and one comes across this line: 'John and his husband Willie are the parents of twin third graders at St. Clare School.'
As it turns out, not only is 'John' a member of the parish council, this man who is 'married' to another man is also employed by Catholic Charities, 'training psychology interns and providing bilingual mental health services.'
For the last decade or so, local Catholic Charities across the country have been chased out of the adoption business in one jurisdiction after another because of their belief that children deserve both a mother and a father. Yet that belief evidently does not extend to employees at Catholic Charities of Santa Clara.
Parish Is Under Pro-LGBT Bishop McGrath
St. Clare Parish is in the Diocese of San Jose, headed by outspoken pro-gay Bishop Patrick McGrath.
Just two weeks ago, McGrath issued a terse letter to the priests and other religious of his diocese, asserting his own interpretation of the Church’s magisterial teaching because orthodoxy is 'confusing.'
McGrath was responding to Illinois Bishop Thomas Paprocki who, following Catholic teaching, said those in same-sex 'marriages' shouldn’t present themselves to or be admitted to Holy Communion, nor should they receive a Catholic funeral if they died without showing signs of repentance.
McGrath’s June 29 directive began, 'Recent news reports of policies and practices related to members of the LGBT community in other dioceses can be confusing.'
'I take this opportunity to assure you that the pastoral response in the Diocese of San Jose remains just that: compassionate and pastoral. We will not refuse sacraments or Christian burial to anyone who requests them in good faith,' he added.
McGrath justified admitting 'anyone' to Holy Communion by quoting Pope Francis... ‘The Eucharist is not a prize for the perfect, but a powerful medicine and nourishment for the weak.' he said.
If being an active homosexual — engaged in same-sex marriage — does not bar one from receiving the sacraments, then of course it makes sense that men 'married' to men and women 'married' to women should be welcome to serve on parish councils.
The diocese also openly boasts a 'Catholic LGBT Ministry' that 'offers a monthly ‘All Are Welcome’ Mass for LGBT Catholics, their families, friends, and all our brothers and sisters in Christ.”
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