COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- A priest at a South Carolina Roman
Catholic church says his parishioners shouldn't take Holy Communion
if they voted for Barack Obama because of the Democrat's stance on
abortion.
The Rev. Jay Scott Newman said Thursday church law doesn't allow
him to refuse parishioners the sacrament at St. Mary's Catholic
Church in Greenville.
But he said his congregants shouldn't take Communion until they
do penance for supporting "the most radical pro-abortion
politician ever to serve in the United States Senate or to run for
president."
Newman's decision was first reported by The Greenville News.
In their annual meeting, the nation's Roman Catholic bishops
vowed Tuesday to forcefully confront the Obama administration over
its support for abortion rights.

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