Teen denied Catholic confirmation

Photo ~ Lennon Cihak holds up the sign Wednesday that he photographed and posted on his Facebook page. Dave Wallis / The Forum

Barnesville teen denied Catholic confirmation after Facebook post supporting gay marriage

BARNESVILLE, Minn. – If you want to be a Catholic, you have to be 100 percent Catholic.

That’s the lesson one family here learned after their 17-year-old son was denied confirmation after the priest at the Assumption Church here found a pro same-sex marriage post on the teen’s Facebook.

The decision by the Rev. Gary LaMoine to deny the religious rite of passage for Lennon Cihak in mid-October shocked his mother, who said her son has gone to church every week and volunteered around the community in preparation for his confirmation this year.

“You kind of know the Catholic beliefs, but I never thought they would deny somebody confirmation because you weren’t 100 percent. I guess that’s what shocks me,” Shana Cihak said.

But through it all, Lennon said his faith hasn’t faltered.

“I don’t want the church to be put down. I don’t want the Catholic religion to be put down,” he said. “It’s just the way the priest has things running. He’s so strict. He won’t loosen up about things.”

Link

LikeShare

Temperance

Nov 16, 2012

Rev. Gary LaMoine

lukedaniel

Nov 16, 2012

A step in the right direction.

Talita Kumy

Nov 16, 2012

Apocalipsis 3:15-16
Revelations 3:15-16

Good for Rev. Gary LaMoine!!!

Fidelium

Nov 16, 2012

"I don't want the church to be put down....". .......No, he just wants his cake and eat it too!

Gloria.TV – News Briefs

Nov 16, 2012

Comments:

Good. At least this priest takes things seriously.
------------------------------------

As a Catholic school teacher, this is VERY welcome. :)
------------------------------------

who said her son has gone to church every week and volunteered around the community in preparation for his confirmation this year.

Well, isn't that special. He could do that over at the local Unitarian Universalist congregation ... perhaps he would be more at home there?

Or perhaps he should repent of his support for institutionalized perversion. "Gay marriage" is an oxymoron, and a mockery of a Sacrament. Kudos to Fr. LaMoine.
-------------------------------

Love how the dad is now worried about being able to be buried next to his parents. THATS why you need to deny the heretics communion, use of the Church for weddings and funerals. Only when they see there is a price to pay will they start to worry. Watching Pelosi and Biden pay no price gives these “cinos” no reason to examine their mistakes.
--------------------------------

They should move to Montgomery County Md. There is a parish there where a lesbian can get a priest fired because he has the gall to refuse her communion when she brings her “partner” along for the funeral mass for her mother.
---------------------------------

I suspect that the homosexual “marriage” issue is near and dear to this kid’s heart.
-----------------------------------

The problem will be with the bishops . . . more than likely, they'll let this priest down.

Unless and until I see a nationwide, highly public excommunication of each and every "pro-death" politician, I will not hold any respect for the Catholic Church. It's gotta' happen; otherwise, the wholesale, bloody, merciless slaughter of our unborn and newly born American children will continue.

The Catholic Church has got to stop worrying about how many people will be leave their church and worry more about how many souls they'll save. The marketing aspect of the Catholic Church has got to stop.
-------------------------------------

I just called the church and spoke to the receptionist. I said they were doing the right thing and if we love the homosexual with the love of God then we will not condone the behavior. It destroys and kills. She was so grateful for the call because she said they were getting tons of angry calls. We need to pray for this church.