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Disclaimer: Not a Catholic
Wouldn't the woman have known she would be refused communion? It couldn't have been a surprise to her that living in a state of unrepentence (according to Catholic teaching) would disqualify her.
And is it possible that the priest didn't come to the burial to avoid more confrontation?
The priest was in a no win situation. He either upholds the doctrines he has promised to uphold or he does something that he knows he is not supposed to do. Yes, he should have handled it differently, but I suspect there may be more to this story than is being told.
There are two sides to every story and the truth is usually somewhere in the middle.
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