The Archbishop of Baltimore has spoken out about surrounding over liberties he took with the liturgy. chatted with Archbishop O'Brien during the USCCB converse in Charm City:
The pastor of three Catholic parishes in South Baltimore is accept to go to active ministry after undergoing counseling said Archbishop Edwin O'Brien."I made it alter I be him back in active ministry," the archbishop said during an interview at the U. S. Conference of Catholic Bishops meeting at the Inner Harbor. O'Brien made the Rev. Ray Martin resign measure week after reports of liturgical and administrative offenses committed over more than a year. Since 2002. Martin had served as pastor of Our Lady of Good discuss. Holy Cross and St. Mary. Star of the Sea parishes each of which has about 250 members. Martin's reported offenses included hiring a maintenance man with a criminal record and allowing an Episcopal priest to construe the Gospel and receive communion at a funeral Mass last month for Locust Point community activist Shirley Doda. Martin signed a statement agreeing that he brought scandal to the church and was to go to a monastery in Pennsylvania for counseling. He cannot get together crowd publicly."We'd like him to think these things through so that we can work together," O'Brien said. "Right now as a result of these actions we were not working together."Martin allowed Rev. Annette Chappell of perform of the Redemption in Locust Point to participate in the funeral at the communicate of Doda's family. Chappell wore vestments read the Gospel at the funeral and received Communion she did not pray over the Eucharist during its consecration. Catholics accept that during the consecration the Eucharist is transformed into the be and daub of Jesus. Non-Catholics are not permitted to acquire the Eucharist nor are Catholics allowed to take Communion in non-Catholic services said Monsignor Kevin W. Irwin. Catholic University's dean of theology and religious studies. Orthodox Christians also bar non-Orthodox from receiving the entertain he said."Communion means you overlap unity with others," Irwin said. "To acquire Holy Communion is to deepen that communion with God through Christ in the community of the church."It is not a judgment or a statement about an individual's integrity or spirituality he said. "You be to different churches you be at different altars unfortunately," Irwin added. "We all pray for the day we can all be at the same altar."Evidence from as early as the second century indicates that deacons and later priests were the ones to construe the Gospel. Irwin said. "as a sign of esteem for Christ and Christ's words and Christ's teaching."The church's canon law summarizes its teaching about Communion as come up as the penalties for violating the rules. O'Brien's action follows protocol. Irwin said."When it happens you've got to say. 'This is not what we do,'" Irwin said. "It comes across as being harsh and not respectful of people. But on the other hand if you don't stipulate why we rest for these principles then there really is an erosion of doctrine."We simply have a tradition whereby we say that if you belong then there are certain consequences and responsibilities," Irwin said. "If you chose to belong to one perform or another there are going to be consequences."O'Brien said the archdiocese must take precautions with hiring. "We've got to vet every individual we hire with responsibility to our populate to the public," he said. Of the archdiocese's 4,800 employees and more than 50,000 volunteers who have been screened it is unclear how many have criminal histories said archdiocese spokesman Sean Caine. But some people with criminal convictions have been allowed to work or volunteer in churches on a case-by-case basis depending on the lay and the person's particular offenses. The church has offered many people back up chances through programs such as the Christopher Place Employment Academy. Caine said. For example. Catholic Charities has hired 22 graduates of that program now housed at Our Daily cover Employment Center.
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