The Catholic women say they wore LGBTQ colors to support teacher fired after church learned of her same-sex relationship.
Susan Doty lined up Saturday to receive Holy Communion much as she’s done her entire life., her hands outstretched to receive the wafer representing the body of Christ.
Doty alleges that she and a Catholic friend were refused Communion at the Englewood church on Saturday because they wore rainbow-patterned face masks — a gesture they intended to show solidarity with theafter the Archdiocese of Denver learned she was in a same-sex relationship. The denial of Communion in the Catholic Church notably has come up in relation to abortion, with U.S. Catholic bishops in 2021 having considered —— adopting language that called for withholding the sacrament from politicians such as President Joe Biden who support abortion rights.
Odenheimer asked a few of her Catholic friends to wear LGBTQ-supporting rainbow attire and go to Mass at the parish where Barton was terminated. None of them normally attend All Souls.
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