Parishioners supporting gay Catholics denied communion rites
Monday, May 16, 2005
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- A Roman Catholic priest denied communion to more than 100 people Sunday, saying they could not receive the sacrament because they wore rainbow-colored sashes to church to show support for gay Catholics.
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