During the July 26 Mass in Imdong Cathedral in Gwangju (Kwangju), presided over by Archbishop Andreas Choi Chang-mou and 15 other concelebrants, some of the 400-strong congregation shouted as the priest involved, Father Raymundus Shin Dong-sul, recited a prayer.
The protestors accuse their former parish priest of misappropriating some 250 million won (US$200,000) since 2001. Father Shin was transferred to another parish in 2007 and made archdiocesan procurator in 2008.
In his message at the end of the Mass, archdiocesan chancellor Father Chrysostomus Kim Kye-hong said the Mass was intended by the archbishop to be an act of "reconciliation" between the priest and his accusers.
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However, halfway, through his message, protesters turned off his microphone and the lights in the building. Others walked out of the cathedral and later argued with Archbishop Choi and the Mass concelebrants as they tried to leave.
Said a member of the parish pastoral council:
"We as Catholics well know we should not disturb a Mass. But it was spontaneous as we were very disappointed and angry at the archbishop who has tried to conceal the truth," one of them told UCA News.
Some pictures from 임동성당 from Prime Gyeongje (1, 2)
4 comments:
As a Catholic, I feel offended by this shit. I have never ever seen a mass disrupted in my life. I would have been knocking bitches out for Jesus if I had been there. Do Koreans have no respect for ANYTHING?!
so many corrupt churches and hypocritical believers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW7ZUXIqYa0&feature=channel_page
I caught this crazy fundy lady outside the catholic church in myeong dong shouting at catholics exiting mass. What was funny she eventually came up to me and started shouting about jesus in my face.
I for one am just surprised they don't have smoke machines, lasers, and dancing girls at church.
Thats why Christopher Hitchens said, religion poisons everything. Im sure Friedrich Nietzsche will surely agree.
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