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Zip It on Communion Ban: Bishop to Kennedy

Tobin thinks Patrick's spiritual matters should be left private

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 23, 2009 1:21 PM CST

(Newser) – The bishop who had the nerve to tell a Kennedy not to take communion—because he supports abortion rights—is steamed that he blabbed about it. “I am disappointed that the congressman would make public my pastoral and confidential request,” says Bishop Thomas Tobin of Patrick Kennedy. He also says the “request” is not new, but was made “nearly three years ago,” reports IrishCentral.

That said, Tobin has “no desire to continue the discussion of Congressman Kennedy’s spiritual life in public.” But “I will absolutely respond publicly and strongly whenever he attacks the Catholic Church,” as Kennedy did when he suggested the church stop meddling with the health care reform bill. Still, Tobin will continue to pray “sincerely and fervently” for Kennedy’s "conversion and repentance, and for his personal and spiritual well-being.”

Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I.
Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I.   (AP Photo)
Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin.
Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin.   (AP Photo)
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Ana58
Nov 24, 2009 11:54 AM CST
They lobbied against health care for the poor....how is that a christian virtue?
bewilderbeast
Nov 24, 2009 10:41 AM CST
Except, JoeQ, that "non-profit" doesn't really describe these thieves. Pedophile thieves. ----------- Pretend to be a church, Fondue? Yep, that's exactly what Scientology does.
bewilderbeast
Nov 24, 2009 9:55 AM CST
What JonMarkP wrote. Sick bastard in a frock posing as a good person! To hell with all Catholic Bishops. Read about what they did to little Irish orphans and WEEP! Evil, EVIL, bastards.

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