Apparently, last Sunday (Respect Life Sunday,) a deacon noted the presence of a congressman with a 100% positive rating from NARAL, and he suggested to the community present that they might like to discuss with the congressman his positions on ESCR and abortion, and suggest that his votes should more closely match his Catholic upbringing. Congressman and his family got up and left. Priest and Bishop have been stabbing the deacon in the back, even though we have now found out that the deacon delivered the same homily on Saturday evening (even with a reference to hishonor) and the community applauded, and the priest vocalized his support for the message as well.

That’s the summary. Gerald over at the Closed Cafeteria has been covering this very well, and I will defer to him…

The original story
More on the Congressman
Congressman’s statement to the media
Account from someone who was there

As I have read in several of Gerald’s comboxes, WE NEED MORE PRIESTS LIKE THIS DEACON!