A priest from Rhode island States that «pedophilia does not kill anyone».
Reverend Richard Bucci, pastor of Sacred Heart Church in West Warwick, last week published a letter indicating the 44 legislators who, he said, should not receive communion after they voted for the Law on reproductive privacy. It is reported CBS News.
He provoked the criticism during an interview with news station WJAR Massachusetts.
«We’re not talking about any other moral issue where some unable to compare pedophilia and abortion. Pedophilia doesn’t kill anyone, and abortion — Yes,» said 72-year-old Bucci.
Here’s a photo of the notice received by lawmakers including @repmcentee33 pic.twitter.com/diBYuAVod9
Ian Donnis (@IanDon) January 31, 2020
The law on reproductive privacy was signed in may last year and serves as a protection of the right to an abortion in Rhode island.
In response to the decision by Bucci to deny legislators to partake of the sacrament, the press Secretary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence WJAR said that every pastor can solve this at the local ward level.
Sacred Heart Church, where he served as pastor. Source: Google Maps
Bucci comments about pedophilia criticized several politicians from Rhode island, including state representative Carol Hagan Maclntyre.
«Father Bucci had to come to Parliament house to hear the heartbreaking stories of the victims of pedophilia — she wrote on Twitter. — Because of the wounded of the voices I heard, their lives were almost destroyed. Those whom we hear is the lucky ones who are still alive».
