Sacrilege at St. Patrick’s Cathedral: Is Ignorance a Valid Excuse? by Matt Gaspers

For those who haven’t, in short, a notorious transgender “woman” (male), activist, and former prostitute who went by the name “Cecilia Gentili” was given a public Catholic funeral service — professionally live-streamed via a channel called “Trans Equity,” no less! — despite the fact that he identified “as an atheist” in an interview published last November.

Two days after the sacrilegious funeral, Fr. Enrique Salvo, rector of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, released a brief statement in which he claimed, “The Cathedral only knew that family and friends were requesting a funeral Mass for a Catholic, and had no idea our welcome and prayer would be degraded in such a sacrilegious and deceptive way.” (For evidence of deceptive and malicious intent on the part of the funeral organizers, see here.) …

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