You remember the story about Barbara Johnson, the woman who was denied Communion at her mother's funeral, and who stated that the priest left them without a priest for the burial of her mother.
She did receive Communion.
And a priest did accompany the family to the burial.
The accused priest, Fr. Guarnizo spoke out and explained some things , which it seems, Johnson and the media had a problem conveying. And of course, the media went to press without interviewing Fr. Guarnizo at all.
Fr. Guarnizo did NOT inquire about who the woman with Johnson was. He was in the confessional until ten minutes before the Mass. During the few minutes before Mass, Johnson came into the sacristy with her partner and volunteered that this was her lover. When Fr. Guarnizo tried to follow her out of the sacristy,(to talk to her, maybe?) her partner repeatedly blocked his way.
(It's typical torpedo business. If he had given her Communion, then she'd have been all over the press talking about how she'd just introduced her lover to the priest and he gave her Communion anyway. If he refused, as he did, then she could do what she did do and make a case against the Church out of something she caused)
Guarnizo did not cover the Body and Blood with his hands as Johnson reported. And, at that church, both species are NOT EVEN offered during funerals.
He told her why he couldn't give her Communion in such a low voice that the Eucharistic minister next to him didn't hear him, and GAVE Johnson Communion when she stepped onto her line.
He became ill at the end of the Mass and went into the bathroom during the eulogies. (Eulogies are presented after the Mass is over)
He DID make the procession out to the hearse with the family and told the funeral director that he was to ill to go to the cemetery and arranged for another priest to be there. And he asked that Johnson's family be given his apologies and the explanation for why he wasn't there.
Oh, and Johnson identifies herself as a Buddhist and not a Catholic. However, she was raised Catholic. She knows a few things, and she played the heck out of them.
And you know, we could say this is all BS. I know there's no great love for Catholic priests here, and that's fine. But the media ran wild with this story and never talked to Guarnizo at all before printing the accusations made against him as if they were fact.
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/priest-removal-from-ministry-was-tied-to-communion-incident/
She did receive Communion.
And a priest did accompany the family to the burial.
The accused priest, Fr. Guarnizo spoke out and explained some things , which it seems, Johnson and the media had a problem conveying. And of course, the media went to press without interviewing Fr. Guarnizo at all.
Fr. Guarnizo did NOT inquire about who the woman with Johnson was. He was in the confessional until ten minutes before the Mass. During the few minutes before Mass, Johnson came into the sacristy with her partner and volunteered that this was her lover. When Fr. Guarnizo tried to follow her out of the sacristy,(to talk to her, maybe?) her partner repeatedly blocked his way.
(It's typical torpedo business. If he had given her Communion, then she'd have been all over the press talking about how she'd just introduced her lover to the priest and he gave her Communion anyway. If he refused, as he did, then she could do what she did do and make a case against the Church out of something she caused)
Guarnizo did not cover the Body and Blood with his hands as Johnson reported. And, at that church, both species are NOT EVEN offered during funerals.
He told her why he couldn't give her Communion in such a low voice that the Eucharistic minister next to him didn't hear him, and GAVE Johnson Communion when she stepped onto her line.
He became ill at the end of the Mass and went into the bathroom during the eulogies. (Eulogies are presented after the Mass is over)
He DID make the procession out to the hearse with the family and told the funeral director that he was to ill to go to the cemetery and arranged for another priest to be there. And he asked that Johnson's family be given his apologies and the explanation for why he wasn't there.
Oh, and Johnson identifies herself as a Buddhist and not a Catholic. However, she was raised Catholic. She knows a few things, and she played the heck out of them.
And you know, we could say this is all BS. I know there's no great love for Catholic priests here, and that's fine. But the media ran wild with this story and never talked to Guarnizo at all before printing the accusations made against him as if they were fact.
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/priest-removal-from-ministry-was-tied-to-communion-incident/
