Not an attack on the Catholic Church, simply a statement on hypocrisy.
It is not 3rd party information... I was there during the whole "ordeal". The friend wanted a catholic mass mainly for her dying grandma, otherwise she would have gone another route.
BTW, I was not only raised Roman Catholic, I was an alterboy, then a lector, and was on the church board at the age of 15. I attended catholic school, and was accepted into the seminary, but declined. I have 2 great uncles who are priests, a cousin who is a priest, an inlaw who is a priest, 2 great aunts who are nuns, a great aunt who was a mother superior and founder of a library program at a major Catholic university, and an inlaw who is an ex-nun.
Believe me, I DO know the Catholic church... very well. Don't think I need to go take a quick class on it.
Be happy to debate the Catholic church at any time. Not against it at all, but disagree with may of it's policies.
Not a criticism, not a personal attack. Simply an observation.