'If I can’t convince people that what (the Sisters) do is not offensive, that’s fine. You can at least agree they don’t actually pose a real threat to the Catholic Church.”
“I look up, and there’s someone storming towards us from the church building,” Arden said. “He did say that if he saw any of us he would shoot us.”“I am a real Catholic. I go to Mass every day, okay? I go to mass every day…don’t defame the Lord Jesus. Get out of here,” he is seen yelling at Arden and the couple in a video sent to cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer.
Bay Village police were dispatched to the church at 10:46 a.m. for a “possible assault in progress,” according to a one-line police report sent on Tuesday. Police said there is no other information available as the incident is still under investigation. “The act of disrupting the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, which is the most sacred part of Catholic life, is a serious matter, and Catholics rightly feel outraged and violated when such a disruption occurs,” the statement said. “In keeping with the example of our Lord Jesus Christ, virtually all present at the Mass responded to the disruption with prayers for the person who interrupted the service and for the Church.”“I don’t want to give these people a name,” Gareau said during his homily.
“He simply said that the LA Dodgers are honoring a group that is defaming God and the church. And the congregation agreed with him,” Hogan said in an email sent to cleveland.com and The Plain Dealer.“He never attacks individuals in his spoken word and strives continuously to provide support for personal improvement and faith formation,” she said.Arden, who now lives in Georgia, grew up within the St.
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