Lesbian denied communion at mother's funeral

[Doubting Thomas]

Lesbian woman denied communion at mother's funeral

Barbara Johnson told the Washington Post that Father Marcel Guarnizo learned of her relationship with her partner of 19 years, who was at the funeral on Saturday morning, shortly before the service. But when the grieving art-studio owner went to take communion, he covered the symbolic body of Christ.

"He put his hand over the body of Christ and looked at me and said, 'I can't give you Communion because you live with a woman and in the eyes of the church, that is a sin," she told the Post.

So much for "hate the sin, love the sinner."