It would be the most merciful thing any priest could do, to deny him Communion at this point. But in fact, what I wish and pray for is his conversion, a good confession on his part, and his coming back into communion with God’s Church on earth.
Most people are extroverted/romantics instead of introverted/rational. Cuomo probably lives and makes decisions mostly on intuition, which is the norm. His life isn’t internally or logically consistent but it probably just doesn’t bother him too much to do something about it.
Satan is very effective. He’s having great success.
Technically,
A very relevant point. He may well have been privately warned (I’m generally uncomfortable with the idea of publicising forewarning of such denials and does the law require this) or he might just have taken the none-too-subtle hint. Either way, it does raise the question of what more is supposed to be done unless and until he attempts to receive which hasn’t happened since 2011. He can’t be excommunicated since he hasn’t actually procured an abortion - simply supporting and signing legislation is too far removed from any individual act (especially given the requirement for laws involving penalties to be strictly - as opposed to loosely - interpreted). That’s not to say though that he hasn’t violated Canon Law in other ways but as canonist Edwards Peters observes, Identifying adequately what law was supposed to have been violated by Cuomo and in such a way that nearly every other sinner would not be liable for violating it, is a difficult task.
