San Diego parish priest says furor over funeral for gay bar owner was a ‘set-up’: report

[_Abyssinia]

An associate pastor at the San Diego Catholic church that cancelled a funeral Mass for the owner of a gay lounge earlier this week has reportedly said the controversy surrounding the events was a “set-up” by homosexual activists.

A parishioner from Our Lady of the Rosary parish reported that the associate pastor, Rev. Louis M. Solcia, spoke about the controversy during a noon Mass on Tuesday, according to the California Daily Catholic.

In those remarks Rev. Solcia confirmed that the priests at the parish had decided that a funeral service, rather than a Mass, would be appropriate, given that the deceased, John Sanfilippo, was not practicing his Catholic faith, nor had he been to confession or received Last Rites before his death.

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[HerrZJA]

The deceased… was not practicing his Catholic faith, nor had he been to confession or received Last Rites before his death.

From the OP.

This, right here, is something both the Left and the Right do that drives me nuts. The reason for the decision is right here and it’s about as valid as I can possibly imagine; he wasn’t a practising Catholic at the time of death.

But what makes much better news is to focus on something unrelated. Being the owner of a Gay Bar isn’t why the parish priests decided to go with a funeral service instead of Mass. But that’s what’s going to get reported, and once again, the Church gets pats-on-the-back from all the wrong people and more people leaning to the left are pushed away from the Church.

 

[laszlo]

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[chuckfrmvalyfrg]

From the OP.

This, right here, is something both the Left and the Right do that drives me nuts. The reason for the decision is right here and it’s about as valid as I can possibly imagine; he wasn’t a practising Catholic at the time of death.

[But what makes much better news is to focus on something unrelated. Being the owner of a Gay Bar isn’t why the parish priests decided to go with a funeral service instead of Mass. But that’s what’s going to get reported, and once again, the Church gets pats-on-the-back from all the wrong people and more people leaning to the left are pushed away from the Church].

So, are you saying that the people patting the Church on the back are on the Right and are the "Wrong People " and the people on the Left are being pushed away but they are the “Correct/Right” people ?