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S.C. diocese critical of Greenville priest’s Obama comments
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... in communion "lest they eat and drink their own condemnation." On Friday, Laughlin said in his posting that "... if a person has formed his or her conscience well, he or she should not be denied Communion, nor be told to go to confession before receiving Communion." Laughlin said in the statement that "we should all come together to support the President-elect and all elected officials with a view to influencing policy in favor of the protection of the unborn child"... Read more: http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20081114/LIFE06... Related LBN thread: SC priest: No ...

This Week in God
Political Animal — ... . Yesterday, his diocese announced that Newman had gone too far . 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. [...] "As administrator of the Diocese of Charleston, let me state with clarity that Father Newman's statements do not adequately reflect the Catholic Church's teachings," Monsignor Martin T. Laughlin said Friday in a posting on ...

Partisan 'sins'
Political Animal — PARTISAN 'SINS'.... A couple of weeks ago, we learned about the Rev. Jay Scott Newman, a South Carolina Roman Catholic priest who announced that his parishioners who voted for Barack Obama are not eligible for Communion. He was rebuked by the Diocese, who said Newman's statements did not "adequately reflect the Catholic Church's teachings." A priest in California apparently ...