Irish parish ostracizes Catholic layman, wife for protesting ‘married’ lesbians in ministry role
ATHY, County Kildare, Ireland — A “married” lesbian couple stood on the altar in front of the Blessed Sacrament, bowing and holding hands as they received a standing ovation, wild cheers and whistles of approval after leading the choir at Mass on Saturday night at St. Michael’s Catholic Church while Father Frank McEvoy looked on and reportedly said, “Well deserved!” Meanwhile, Anthony Murphy, the parishioner who privately asked McEvoy, the parish priest, and the couple, that the lesbians resign from their ministry roles after their “marriage” in July, traveled 50 miles to attend another parish with his frail wife, who had recently suffered three strokes and has been blind for the past year as a result of treatment for lupus. On September 1, lesbian couple Jacinta O’Donnell and Geraldine Flanagan said on Kildare FM radio that Murphy’s missives prompted them to resign as Eucharistic ministers and directors of the gospel and children’s choir. But on Friday, O’Donnell announced on ...