Congressman dares bishops to deny him Communion over support for abortion, contraception 06/23/2021 at 3:23 PM Posted by Kevin Edward White
By Kate Scanlon, Catholic News Agency, June 21, 2021
In a series of tweets from his personal social media account over the weekend, Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) called the U.S. bishops “partisan hypocrites” and dared them to deny him Communion over his support for contraception, legal abortion, and “same-sex marriage.”
In a tweet tagging the U.S. bishops’ conference on Friday, Lieu, a Catholic, wrote that he supports contraception, “A woman’s right to choose,” and “The right of same sex marriage.”
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Previously, church law dictated only that cases of sexual misconduct of children by clergy could merit just penalties. The new changes explicitly criminalize sexual abuse of adults by clergy and also make it so laypeople holding church offices can also be sanctioned for similar offenses.Â
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The Vatican has unveiled significant changes to the Catholic Church’s Code of Canon Law designed to update and clarify actions that detail clear penal sanctions against members of the clergy and lay officials who engage in sexual abuse of children and adults.