Catholic Priest calls cops on grieving family

Epic Beard Man said:

This is a complete and utter disrespect of the recently deceased.....

Sorry, I think the racism came out in this guy and I expect the Catholic church to apologize and compensate this family but that is asking too much. When a cup becomes more sacred than the human life that God has called home, it seems to be a problem that this man is dealing with:

Since people love calling Muslims out I call out Catholics on this type and other similar types of behavior. Why is the community silent on priests not just sexually abusive ones, but ones that do not need to be in running a parish?

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So this "priest" apparently puts more value in an object (a silly cup) than he does people. Hmm. Doesn't say much for his faith. In fact I
would even go so far as to say he was practicing idolatry by puttIng this ridiculous cup above a family that he should have been comforting. God dont need no stinking cup.

What an embarrassing small-minded "man" that "priest" is. It's no surprise, again, that organized religions are plummeting.

It means many Muslim organizations are constantly apologizing for the actions of terrorists that go against the tenants of Islam. A lot of these apologies don't make it to the news. Many Muslim student organizations including the ones that are at my university do annual drives to help the needy and are out there involved in the world... Many of these things do not get in the news but these same people that strive to be considered Americans are always in a constant battle for apologies. You see, Christians, when they do things, yea a little apology then all is forgiven but they are not subject to constant apologies as Muslims are. My point was to exaggerate the over the top attitude of the people on social media. When a Muslim commits an act of violence some commentators say "the religion of peace strikes again," or "where are all the moderate Muslims to condemn this?"

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There's good and bad in all groups of people. I try not to discriminate and give every one the benefit of the doubt but it's a work in progress because I have such distrust in all organised religions.

No. The entire faith didn't apologize. They disrespected a family and gave PTSD to a son that will remember this moment. At least financial compensation would alleviate the financial burden and time this family went through. Not to mention psychological counseling that these people may need. The only thing that gets the Catholic wheels turning is money.

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The entire faith didn't disrespect the family, one man did. And good point, if there is medical expenses or extra costs because of moving the funeral than there should be compensation.

In the red this is assumed already.

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Not by me. I've had people stop talking to me or accuse me of being a Muslim lover because I haven't exhibited enough hate towards all Muslims because of the actions of some.

Haven't you heard of the one rotten apple spoils the bunch?

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Not the way I live my life.

Similarly people make brash judgments when they see something on television. Mines was just merely an exaggeration of that truth. However it was wrong and needed to be highlighted nonetheless. I funny when its non-Muslims or people of other communities we need to hear the whole story. I remember when the Muslim kid brought a clock to school and the controversy behind that, nobody wanted to hear the whole story they immediately condemned the kid.

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Many people do but I can't control that. I can only say what I try to do.

I don't want you to do anything. That priest is a piece of human excrement and I wouldn't be sad if he choked and died. I have no compassion for men who cannot honor the deceased appropriately..

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You seem to have a lot of hate and sound like some Australians I hear yelling that all Muslims should be kicked out of the country.

On Thursday, a day after the incident, the priest issued an open letter apology in the Maryland Independent to the family and community. "I am a Catholic priest and the pastor at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Newport in Charlotte Hall. I lost my temper at a moment when anger was the most inappropriate response to those people entrusted to my care at that moment of ministry.

"I uttered words I never use, and treated people I have lived with and committed my life to serve in an unacceptable manner… Instead of care and compassion for the grieving family and friends, my focus turned to anger," Briese wrote.

http://www.newsweek.com/video-priest-kicks-black-family-out-church-moms-funeral-calls-them-crackheads-1005490

Logistically, it makes no sense to me, I'm missing something. It was stated that a woman in an attempt to hug 'the body', casket?, knocked over the chalice, which is on the altar. Normally there is significant space between the altar and where the casket sits.

Father Heathen said:

I think you somehow managed to mangle the quote function, because I wasn't the one who said any of that.

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Don't think it. I did. Sorry, I shall try and correct it. 1,000 apologies

Epic Beard Man said:

This is a complete and utter disrespect of the recently deceased.....

Sorry, I think the racism came out in this guy and I expect the Catholic church to apologize and compensate this family but that is asking too much. When a cup becomes more sacred than the human life that God has called home, it seems to be a problem that this man is dealing with:

Since people love calling Muslims out I call out Catholics on this type and other similar types of behavior. Why is the community silent on priests not just sexually abusive ones, but ones that do not need to be in running a parish?

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I was talking about something similar the other day with some colleagues who are Catholics and they told me that because they're so used to seeing a priest as someone of wisdom and authority, they have trouble reacting when a priest does or says something wrong. If it's someone else, they react immediately but when it's the priest, specially an older priest, they have to take some time to process the information in their minds and try to understand what it means before doing anything about it.
I'm not excusing anyone's behavior but it seems to be a cultural thing. Many priests are not as sensitive as they should be in their position and people don't always have the courage to set them straight.

John53 said:

Don't think it. I did. Sorry, I shall try and correct it. 1,000 apologies

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It's all good. No worries.

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Vee said:

I was talking about something similar the other day with some colleagues who are Catholics and they told me that because they're so used to seeing a priest as someone of wisdom and authority, they have trouble reacting when a priest does or says something wrong. If it's someone else, they react immediately but when it's the priest, specially an older priest, they have to take some time to process the information in their minds and try to understand what it means before doing anything about it.
I'm not excusing anyone's behavior but it seems to be a cultural thing. Many priests are not as sensitive as they should be in their position and people don't always have the courage to set them straight.

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Thank you Vee for this input

pcarl said:

On Thursday, a day after the incident, the priest issued an open letter apology in the Maryland Independent to the family and community. "I am a Catholic priest and the pastor at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Newport in Charlotte Hall. I lost my temper at a moment when anger was the most inappropriate response to those people entrusted to my care at that moment of ministry.

"I uttered words I never use, and treated people I have lived with and committed my life to serve in an unacceptable manner… Instead of care and compassion for the grieving family and friends, my focus turned to anger," Briese wrote.

http://www.newsweek.com/video-priest-kicks-black-family-out-church-moms-funeral-calls-them-crackheads-1005490

Logistically, it makes no sense to me, I'm missing something. It was stated that a woman in an attempt to hug 'the body', casket?, knocked over the chalice, which is on the altar. Normally there is significant space between the altar and where the casket sits.

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Yeah I was wondering about that

pcarl said:

On Thursday, a day after the incident, the priest issued an open letter apology in the Maryland Independent to the family and community. "I am a Catholic priest and the pastor at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Newport in Charlotte Hall. I lost my temper at a moment when anger was the most inappropriate response to those people entrusted to my care at that moment of ministry.

"I uttered words I never use, and treated people I have lived with and committed my life to serve in an unacceptable manner… Instead of care and compassion for the grieving family and friends, my focus turned to anger," Briese wrote.

http://www.newsweek.com/video-priest-kicks-black-family-out-church-moms-funeral-calls-them-crackheads-1005490

Logistically, it makes no sense to me, I'm missing something. It was stated that a woman in an attempt to hug 'the body', casket?, knocked over the chalice, which is on the altar. Normally there is significant space between the altar and where the casket sits.

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Well at least he apologized. Hopefully he will use this as a learning experience and correct his behavior going forward.

It reminds me of my grandfather's funeral. It started off okay, the usual funerary spiel. However, it suddenly devolved into a misogynistic rant (the church is less run by the pastor and more the gossiping harpies in the pews) and "Jesus is the only way" crap (the only two members of his family present, as most have died off, were Wiccans). My grandfather also wanted a Masonic funeral and my brother and I had to try desperately not to laugh because my grandfather, like the pastor, was against "paganism" and yet that was the paganist pagany thing to ever pagan. I even dreamed one night after that that I went after his entire Masonic group and berated them for the sheer hypocrisy of it all.

I'm disgusted by the priest acting in this embarressing and frankly unhinged manner over an accidental knocking over of the chalice by a grieving relative.

If someone had pulled down their pants and deliberately pissed in it or ejaculated over the cup in full view of the congregation, that still wouldn't excuse his mistreatment of the other people at the funeral but I would be more understanding of his rage towards the particular individual.

But knocking it down?

His reaction was insanity, quite apart from being unchristlike.

That said, his rampage has been called out by his own archdiocese as shocking. His bishop has written an official apology to the family, suspended the priest and launched an investigation into him.

So it's not as if this is being defended as an acceptable course of action by the church. On the contrary, they are as appalled by his unholy outburst as the rest of us.

The man must have psychological issues and should not be presiding over masses or overseeing a parish church.

See:

https://www.buzzfeed.com/salvadorhe...s-out-of-funeral?utm_term=.obP0ZkZO#.po7Z7z7O

Jesus's condemnation of the hypocritical ways of some Pharisees springs to mind:

Matthew 23:23-26

Epic Beard Man said:

This is a complete and utter disrespect of the recently deceased.....

Sorry, I think the racism came out in this guy and I expect the Catholic church to apologize and compensate this family but that is asking too much. When a cup becomes more sacred than the human life that God has called home, it seems to be a problem that this man is dealing with:

Since people love calling Muslims out I call out Catholics on this type and other similar types of behavior. Why is the community silent on priests not just sexually abusive ones, but ones that do not need to be in running a parish?

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I agree that this priest is a terrible person, and what he did was terrible. I think that 99% of Catholics would agree with us on that.