The Sunday Mass was interrupted when someone stood up and challenged the issue the priest was speaking about. Later, police were called to an incident outside of the house of worship.
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During a service at St. Raphael Parish, the Rev. Timothy W. Gareau, the church’s pastor, referenced the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence being awarded the Community Hero Award by the Los Angeles Dodgers for service to the LGBTQ community. Afterward, a person who attended the service walked up to the altar, approached the microphone and condemned Gareau’s sermon.
“You baptized me. I carry the Holy Spirit within me,” they told Gareau. “I know you’re talking about the Sisters of Indulgence, and I understand that from the outside it looks like they are defaming the Catholic faith. … There are queer children here. The spirit of God moves through all people.
“Father Tim is a very reasonable man. He has always been a strong faith advocate,” he said. “He let loose and brought cultural war into the pulpit.”People attending the service in Bay Village on Sunday cried and said they would not be returning to the church following the interaction, according to a parishioner who has been active with the church for nearly 35 years but wished to remain anonymous.
The diocese also urged those who seek to defend the Church to “do so lovingly and without in any way threatening or committing violence.”
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