Protestor enters sanctuary during US bishops’ Mass

November 15, 2016

As the US bishops celebrated Mass at St. Peter Claver Church, an African-American parish in West Baltimore, a protestor walked into the sanctuary, kissed the altar, and held up a banner that said, “Stop persecuting gays,” according to observers.

Blogger Rocco Palmo identified the protestor as Roy Bourgeois, a onetime Maryknoll priest who was excommunicated and subsequently laicized.

 

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Further information:

• Homily at Mass (USCCB)
• WATCH: LGBT activist takes protest to altar during U.S. bishops’ Mass (LifeSiteNews.com)
• Amid #usccb16 Mass for Reconciliation… (@roccopalmo)
• Excommunicated priest formally notified of laicization (CWN, 1/10/13)