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Calif. priest tells Obama supporters to confess
cbs13.com - 11/30/2008
Calif. priest tells Obama supporters to confess
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Modesto Priest Urges Obama Supporters To Confess Read Letter To Parishioners MODESTO (AP) ― A Roman Catholic priest has told parishioners they should confess if they voted for Barack Obama because the president-elect supports abortion. The Rev. Joseph Illo says his parishioners at St. ...
Calif. priest tells Obama supporters to confess because voting for Obama was a mortal swin
americablog.com - 12/1/2008
Calif. priest tells Obama supporters to confess because voting for Obama was a mortal swin
— americablog.com — And the Catholics wonder why their membership is declining. A Roman Catholic priest has told parishioners they... should confess if they voted for Barack Obama because the president-elect supports abortion. The Rev. Joseph Illo says his parishioners at ... (more) Calif. priest tells Obama supporters to confess because ...

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baltimoresun.com - 12/1/2008
Priest urges confession for Obama supporters -
— baltimoresun.com — MODESTO, Calif. - The Rev. Joseph Illo, pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Modesto, Calif., has... told parishioners in a homily and in a follow-up letter that if they voted for Barack Obama , they should consider going to confession because of the ... (more) Priest urges confession for Obama supporters -

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WTF Is It Now?!?:  On the Lord's Day

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WTF Is It Now?!? — God's one and only true church, the one that condones priests having buttsecks with the altar boys, tells parishioners that they have committed a mortal sin if they voted for Obama. ...

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The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — From Modesto, California: A Roman Catholic priest has told parishioners they should confess if they voted for Barack Obama because the president-elect supports abortion. The Rev. Joseph Illo says his parishioners at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Modesto shouldn't risk losing their "state of grace" by receiving communion sacrilegiously. He delivered the message in a Nov. 21 letter and during mass. In an interview this week with the Modesto Bee, Illo says he sent the letter because Catholic teaching requires ...

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