That such a scandal occurred at ‘America’s Parish Church’ makes it worse that it took place as Lent was beginning, the annual forty-day struggle with the forces of sin and darkness, is a potent reminder of how much we need the prayer, reparation, repentance, grace, and mercy to which this holy season invites us.” “The Cathedral only knew that family and friends were requesting a funeral Mass for a Catholic and had no idea our welcome and prayer would be degraded in such a sacrilegious and deceptive way. Patrick’s Cathedral earlier this week,” the statement read. “Thanks to so many who have let us know they share our outrage over the scandalous behavior at a funeral here at St. Patrick’s, did not mince words in a statement he issued from the Archdiocese of New York’s office only days later. “Except on Easter Sunday, we don’t have a crowd that’s this well turned out,” the priest proclaimed, as hundreds of queer people came together to mourn the loss of a leader, a sister, a woman who was transgender and who clawed herself out of a hostile homeland, sex slavery and poverty to become an activist, actress and inspiration to the many vulnerable people she fought for every waking moment of her life.īut the Very Rev.
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