Between the invented “community statement” a Portland parish appended to the Creed we heard about last month, and the fact that a self-identified shaman was allowed to read the Holy Scriptures at Mass in Seattle, one might be forgiven for thinking that there is something unsound going on among Catholics in the Pacific Northwest.
The mid-May medically assisted suicide of a 75-year-old man in Seattle (pictured) gained national attention late last month, thanks to a story in the Associated Press. The apparent involvement of a Catholic parish, St Therese Church, in the various activities leading up to Robert Fuller’s suicide has given scandal, and led to denials from the Archdiocese of Seattle and the priest who blessed the man just before his death that they were aware of his intentions.
