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Priest who denied communion to lesbian stripped of priestly faculties

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GAITHERSBURG , March 12, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - The Maryland priest who denied communion to a lesbian at her mother’s funeral is being stripped of his priestly faculties and “placed on administrative leave,” according to a letter from the Archdiocese signed by auxiliary Bishop Barry Knestout. Fr. Marcel Guarnizo  was previously censured  by the Archdiocese after denying communion to Barbara Johnson , who had reportedly introduced her lesbian “lover” to the priest in the sacristy right before her mother’s funeral Mass . Fr. Marcel Guarnizo According to  a source close to the incident who spoke with LifeSiteNews, Johnson’s lesbian lover physically blocked Fr. Guarnizo from speaking further with Johnson when she abruptly left the sacristy following this introduction. When Johnson presented herself for Communion, the priest refused to give it to her, although she ended up receiving from an extraordinary minister. It was later revealed that Johnson is also a Buddhist...

Lesbian denied Communion at her mother’s funeral is also a Buddhist

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Image via Wikipedia Image via Wikipedia GAITHERSBURG, MARYLAND , March 8, 2012, ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – The lesbian who is attempting to get a Catholic priest removed from his parish for denying her Holy Communion at her mother’s funeral is a Buddhist who describes herself as a “naturally born agitator” committed to a “culture war.” Barbara Johnson created a national feeding frenzy after alerting the media that Fr. Marcel Guarnizo had refused to give her the Eucharist after asking her not to come forward to receive, because she is a sexually active homosexual. Fr. Marcel Guarnizo On February 26, Fr. Marcel Guarnizo of St. John Neumann Catholic Church in Gaithersburg, Maryland,  covered the ciborium containing the Host  as Johnson approached and whispered, “I can’t give you Communion because you live with a woman, and in the eyes of the Church, that is a sin.” In the ensuing national media coverage, Johnson was repeatedly painted as the victim of prejudice, while the pri...

Exclusive: Inside sources provide new info on priest censured for denying lesbian Communion

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(Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story identified Barabara Johnson as the partner of Kathleen DeBold and written up in Metro Weekly . A homosexual activist organization contacted LSN to note that it is a different Barbara Johnson identified in the newspaper. We are investigating the matter.) GAITHERSBURG, MD , March 1, 2012 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - In the wake of international press coverage of a priest’s decision to deny a lesbian communion, and the woman’s subsequent demands that he be removed from the parish, a source close to the incident contacted LifeSiteNews with new information that he says will set the record straight. Among other things, the new information indicates that the woman did actually receive Communion at the Mass – but from an Extraordinary minister rather than the priest. Fr. Marcel Guarnizo Fr. Marcel Guarnizo of St. John Neumann Catholic Church in Gaithersburg, Maryland,  was reprimanded  by the Archdiocese of Washington this week after...