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usatoday.com - 11/14/2008
Priest urges penance for Obama voters
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The Rev. Jay Scott Newman told The Greenville News on Wednesday that church teaching doesn't allow him to refuse Holy Communion to anyone based on political choices, but that he'll continue to deliver the church's strong teaching on the "intrinsic and grave evil of abortion" as a hidden form of ...
msnbc.msn.com - 11/14/2008
Priest: No communion for Obama voters
— msnbc.msn.com — A South Carolina Roman Catholic priest has told his parishioners that they should refrain from receiving Holy Communion if they voted for Barack Obama because the Democratic president-elect supports abortion. (more) Priest: No communion for Obama voters

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thestate.com - 11/16/2008
S.C. priest scolds Obama voters - Local / Metro
— thestate.com — A Greenville priest who told parishioners those who cast ballots for President-elect Barack Obama risk placing themselves “outside of the full communion of Christ’s church” is simply enunciating church teaching and has the full support of the Diocese ... (more) S.C. priest scolds Obama voters - Local / Metro

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greenvilleonline.com - 11/14/2008
Priest advises penance for Obama vote | GreenvilleOnline.com | The Greenville News
— greenvilleonline.com — The priest at St. Mary's Catholic Church in downtown Greenville has told parishioners that those who voted for Barack Obama placed themselves under divine judgment because of his stance on abortion and shouldn't receive Holy Communion until they've ... (more) Priest advises penance for Obama vote | ...

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SC Catholic Priest Makes Firm Post-Election Doctrinal Statement on Abortion and Voting
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — Why wasn't there more of this before the election? The headline at a Greenville, SC News story carried at USA Today says, "Priest urges penance for Obama voters." Father Jay Scott Newman is actually demanding it of those who would claim to be faithful Catholics. In the process, he is also stating longstanding Church policy on abortion that has largely been absent from Sunday pre-election homilies at Catholic churches for at least a half-dozen presidential election cycles -- policy that Nancy Pelosi, Joe Biden, John Kerry, Ted Kennedy, and other politicians who ...

The Knucklehead of the Day award
Wizbang — Today's winner is Father Jay Scott Newman of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Greenville South Carolina. He gets the award for the following - South Carolina's Charleston-based Roman Catholic Diocese said Friday that it doesn't believe parishioners who voted for Barack Obama should have to seek penance before partaking Holy Communion, a condition a Greenville priest suggested this week because of Obama's stance on abortion. The priest, Father Jay Scott Newman of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Greenville, couldn't be reached for comment late Friday. "As administrator of the ...

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