Grand Rapids, Michigan
Diocese backs priest over Communion refusal
The Diocese of Grand Rapids has backed a priest who refused Communion to a parishioner who is in a same-sex marriage.
Judge Sara Smolenski, chief judge of the Kent County District Court, received the Eucharist on November 17, but then Fr Scott Nolan phoned her “to demand that she ‘respect the Church’ and not return for the Sacrament in the future”, according to a letter from parishioners to Bishop David Walkowiak of Grand Rapids (pictured).
