One reason Father James Goins, pastor of St Thomas More University Parish in Norman, Oklahoma, prefers saying Mass towards God is not to be distracted by the bad behaviour of adults during Mass, he wrote on Twitter.com (August 23).
Goins as seen many things during Mass: a man vaping, women in beach dresses, men with hats who “almost always push back when asked to remove it.”
His highlight was a woman who wanted to share Communion with one of her dogs. When Goins rebuked her, she became so angry that she called the Oklahoma City Archdiocese’s Sexual Abuse Hotline saying that Goins was "mean." The priest had - no joke - to write an “Incident Report” and provide witnesses.
Goins insists, "Children are not the problem.”