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Modesto Priest Wimps Out On Confession for Obama Voters

The Rev. Joseph Illo, pastor of St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Modesto, made national headlines last month when he sent a letter to parishioners saying they might need to go to confession before receiving communion if they voted for a pro-abortion candidate such as President-elect Barack Obama. In the new letter to the 5,600 households in his parish, Illo does some confessing of his own. "I realize that (my previous letter) goes beyond what the Church has actually stated," he said in the letter dated Dec. 19. "The Church does not state that voting for a candidate who promotes the practice of abortion is always a mortal sin." He added that in his personal opinion, abortion outweighs other moral issues, such as war, capital punishment, poverty, racism, hunger, etc. But, he added, he submits to the authority of Bishop Stephen Blaire on this issue.
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Posted by Editor at December 23, 2008 09:35 AM