A Chicago police chaplain says he is “mortified” that he mistakenly gave Holy Communion to Mayor Lori Lightfoot, a non-Catholic Christian in a same-sex marriage, during Thursday’s funeral Mass for fallen Officer Ella French. In an interview Friday with CNA, Father Dan Brandt said just moments prior to Communion he was asked by Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich, the main celebrant, to take his place distributing the Eucharist and became flustered when he saw the mayor step forward as the first in his line. “You know something, I am to blame for that, and I am mortified,” Father Brandt said. “I actually gave her Communion, but she was the very first one up there, and I wasn‘t supposed to give out Communion, and at the last second Cardinal Cupich said, ’I‘m going to sit out Communion; you take my spot.’”
Police Chaplain ‘Mortified’ He Mistakenly Gave Chicago Mayor Communion at Officer Ella French’s Funeral| National Catholic Register
Police Chaplain ‘Mortified’ He Mistakenly Gave Chicago Mayor Communion at Officer Ella French’s Funeral| National Catholic Register
