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Father Marcel Guarnizo of Gaithersburg’s Saint John Neumann Catholic Church is buzzing around the blogosphere after he denied communion to a lesbian parishioner at her mother’s funeral. Huffington Post reports:

As The New Civil Rights Movement blogger David Badash is reporting, Father Marcel Guarnizo of Gaithersburg’s Saint John Neumann Catholic Churchreportedly covered the bowl containing the Eucharist as the woman, who is identified only as Barbara, approached him.

“I cannot give you communion because you live with a woman and that is a sin according to the church,” he is quoted as saying.

Check out Huffington Post for more info!