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(82,333 posts)It began when the pastor sent me an email after Mass complaining that I was reading the bulletin during his sermon. I emailed him back saying I'd read the Catechism next time.
It escalated during the 2004 election when he wrote an article on the parish blog titled "Is Kerry Really A Catholic?" I posted back, "Was Franco Really a Catholic?"
Before the Bishop of Scranton resigned, in disgrace, the pastor would on occasion play a politically-tinged video message from the bishop instead of a sermon. Whenever that occurred, the six of us got up and left about 4 minutes into it. More emails.
I won't get into what happened each and every time one of my children had First Communion or Confirmation other than to say his attempt to deny them because of my behavior was not supported by Canon Law.
He died suddenly last December at age 61. The new priest seems ok so far.