Priest Denies Lesbian Communion at Mother’s Funeral

• Father Marcel Guarnizo, at St. John Neumann Catholic Church in Gaithersburg, MD, reportedly told the daughter when she approached him for Holy Communion: “I cannot give you communion because you live with a woman and that is a sin according to the church.”
• Clobbering "Biblical" Gay Bashing
• Special Report | Catholic Bishops' Ongoing Abuse of Human Sexuality

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A Maryland priest denied Communion to a lesbian at her own mother’s funeral and even left the altar during her eulogy. The disturbing story was reported by The New Civil Rights Movement and picked up by the Huffington Post.

Father Marcel Guarnizo, at St. John Neumann Catholic Church in Gaithersburg, reportedly told the daughter when she approached him for Holy Communion: “I cannot give you communion because you live with a woman and that is a sin according to the church.”

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