Fr Julian and Shaun Bailey
Those attending Mass at Brompton Oratory last Sunday received a sharp reminder about what it means to be a Catholic. Fr Julian praised Fr Ian Vane, the subject of much unwarranted vitriol from Chris Coghlan MP.
Coghlan, a professing Roman Catholic, voted in favour of assisted dying and late-stage abortion. Odd for an Irish ‘cradle Catholic’ to be unaware of his Church’s teaching on these fundamental matters!
Fr Julian also referenced the 12 other Catholic MPs whose support of the legislation defied Church teaching on assisted dying and the aborting of babies up until birth or indeed abortion at any stage.
From his sermon….
The Very Reverend Julian Large has pleaded, in fraternal charity, with MPs who voted in favour of either abortion up until birth or assisted suicide not to present themselves to receive Holy Communion.
According to a source close to the Herald, during his Sunday homily, he reflected on the recent example of an MP who had voted in favour of both abortion up until birth and assisted suicide, and who was told by his parish priest that he must not receive Communion unless he had repented.
He was referring to Chris Coghlan, the Liberal Democrat MP for Dorking and Horley in Surrey, who backed a Crime and Policing Bill amendment on June 17 that decriminalised abortion up until birth, and the Terminally Ill Adults Bill, which seeks to roll out assisted suicide across England and Wales.
Mr Coghlan said Father Ian Vane, the priest at St Joseph’s Catholic Church in Dorking, wrote to him before the votes and then, last week, told people attending Mass that he would be refusing him Communion.
Fr Large commended the priest for his courage and charity in calling the MP to repentance.
From the Catholic Herald
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