Richard Bucci is a Catholic priest who took it upon himself to excommunicate forty-four Rhode Island legislators who voted to codify abortion rights. He sent out a notice informing the public that the named people could not receive communion, witness a marriage, read during a funeral, or serve as godparents. For him, abortion is worse than pedophilia. “Pedophilia never killed anyone.”
Rep. Carol Hagan McEntee said she was asked to leave a relative’s funeral and banned from delivering the eulogy by Richard Bucci. Ironically, Hagan McEntee led the passage of a law extending the statute of limitations for child sex abuse, perhaps because her sister was abused by a priest at the same church where Bucci now presides. So yes, Bucci argues that voting to protect abortion access is worse than raping children.
- The Guardian: Rhode Island priest claims “pedophilia doesn’t kill anyone” in abortion row
- CBS: Catholic priest says “pedophilia doesn’t kill anyone,” but bans 44 lawmakers from receiving communion because he says abortion does
The Vancouver Sun
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · Tuesday, February 04, 2020