Catholics Deny Communion on Political GroundsTommi Avicolli-Meccabyline‚ Oct. 19‚ 2007In what has to be one of the strangest acts of contrition ever, San Francisco Archbishop George Niederauer apologized for giving Holy Communion to members of the notorious Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a group of primarily gay male nuns who run around in very radical sister drag doing acts of charity. The head of the local archdiocese issued the apology after realizing his “mistake,” or more likely, after conservative Catholics threw a hissy fit. The Sisters have aroused the ire of conservative Catholics before, most notably when they held their anniversary celebration on Easter Sunday, closing down Castro Street for an afternoon of good, outrageous fun. Fortunately, despite intense lobbying on the part of the Catholic Church, the festivities went on unimpeded. |