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(160,545 posts) Sat Dec 15, 2018, 12:06 AM Dec 2018

Priest criticized teenager who killed himself at funeral [View all]

Source: Associated Press

Updated 7:44 pm CST, Friday, December 14, 2018

TEMPERANCE, Mich. (AP) — The Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit says it regrets that a priest officiating at a teen's funeral questioned whether he would get to heaven after killing himself.

Maison Hullibarger's father tells the Detroit Free Press that he asked the priest to stop talking during the Dec. 8 funeral Mass. But Jeff Hullibarger says the Rev. Don LaCuesta continued giving a critical sermon at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Temperance.

Hullibarger says some mourners left the church crying.

The archdiocese released a statement Thursday saying it's sorry that an "unbearable situation was made even more difficult." The archdiocese says LaCuesta will not preach at funerals "for the foreseeable future."

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Priest-criticized-teenager-who-killed-himself-at-13468083.php

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Priest criticized teenager who killed himself at funeral [View all] Judi Lynn Dec 2018 OP

I was at a funeral for a friend's father. Gore1FL Dec 2018 #1

Missouri Synod. Says it all. We were taught in parochial school that Catholics were going ... marble falls Dec 2018 #10

I attended Lutheran parochial school too but Raine Dec 2018 #23

Missouri Synod are the Sunni of the Lutheran world. marble falls Dec 2018 #27

SAY WHAT???? The nuns told us it was the LUTHERANS who were going to the fiery place- they wouldnt Kashkakat v.2.0 Dec 2018 #25

They were lying to you. Be sure to pack your pockets Hershey bars, marshmallows and graham crackers, marble falls Dec 2018 #28

I was raised Lutheran but not LCMS Raine Dec 2018 #22

"They can't go to heaven because they're stuck in purgatory. You can free them by donating money" dalton99a Dec 2018 #2

"As soon as a coin in the coffer rings / the soul from purgatory springs." 47of74 Dec 2018 #7

They needed more money Cold War Spook Dec 2018 #32

"questioned whether he would get to heaven after killing himself" keithbvadu2 Dec 2018 #3

Don't assume the news report is perfectly written. thesquanderer Dec 2018 #4

Possible... But the RCC has left in in limbo. keithbvadu2 Dec 2018 #5

The existence of limbo is not a doctrine. Only speculation at best. olegramps Dec 2018 #13

That's Purgatory. I mean limbo as a vague, unspecified doctrine. keithbvadu2 Dec 2018 #18

Catholic doctrine states that only God knows who goes to Heaven vs. Hell Drahthaardogs Dec 2018 #24

It's ok either way. keithbvadu2 Dec 2018 #26

Huh? Drahthaardogs Dec 2018 #31

But not definitive enough for the Church to say/support in this case. keithbvadu2 Dec 2018 #34

What are you talking about, definitive enough in this case? Drahthaardogs Dec 2018 #35

I see you are arguing just for the sake of arguing. keithbvadu2 Dec 2018 #37

Okay, whatever... Drahthaardogs Dec 2018 #38

Wasn't he just following his religion? flying rabbit Dec 2018 #6

My mother converted to Judaism rickyhall Dec 2018 #8

The neighbor kids across our backyard fence told us we were going to hell for being Protestants. milestogo Dec 2018 #11

There is no salvation outside the Church... Drahthaardogs Dec 2018 #36

I thought that was Sgent Dec 2018 #45

Their God is a vengeful psychopath. Is it really worthy of worship? Oneironaut Dec 2018 #9

I can't blame a non-existent god, I would have to blame the people defacto7 Dec 2018 #15

But isn't the Christian God okay with slavery, murder, genocide, and taking sex slaves as "trophies" Oneironaut Dec 2018 #16

In my understanding the god or belief systems are the people. defacto7 Dec 2018 #20

good friends kid did a murder suicide and they had a hard time getting a priest dembotoz Dec 2018 #12

A Christian friend at work many years ago 'informed' me that 'some Jews will go to Heaven.' JudyM Dec 2018 #14

Wow PennyK Dec 2018 #17

Some lack the self-insight and humility to recognize that spoon fed beliefs are not absolute truth. JudyM Dec 2018 #19

They're such brainwashed conformists. Duppers Dec 2018 #21

Brainwashed and blinded, yup. JudyM Dec 2018 #30

As a Buddhist, I am appalled, but not surprised, vlyons Dec 2018 #29

Since I don't believe that human beings can die, Biocentrism, Cold War Spook Dec 2018 #33

❓ We do die. Duppers Dec 2018 #40

Only our physical bodies die. Cold War Spook Dec 2018 #41

The double slit experiment does imply an observer is required to create a past Farmer-Rick Dec 2018 #53

I feel bad but am not at all surprised by this. Crash2Parties Dec 2018 #39

Honest question: Do Catholics these days believe that epilepsy is caused by demonic possession? Jedi Guy Dec 2018 #43

Not that I'm aware of. Crash2Parties Dec 2018 #49

Whew, okay. Jedi Guy Dec 2018 #50

Reading this headline, for me the question is, "Doesn't the AP proofread their headlines?". Totally Tunsie Dec 2018 #42

Agreed. Every time I see that headline I cringe. onenote Dec 2018 #47

That was how I read it as well. smirkymonkey Dec 2018 #48

You stay classy, Father Whoever-You-Are... Jedi Guy Dec 2018 #44

OT, but... how does one get that headline right? JackRiddler Dec 2018 #46

catholics who suicide die in a state of mortal sin rampartc Dec 2018 #51

Fanatics. akraven Dec 2018 #52