SURVIVING DOGS AND GOATS.
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TONIGHT--
WE'RE HEARING FROM AN OUTSPOKEN
WEST WARWICK PRIEST--
WHO RECENTLY MADE NATIONAL
HEADLINES.
HE MADE COMMENTS ABOUT PLANS TO
DENY COMMUNION TO LOCAL
LAWMAKERS--
WHO SUPPORT ABORTION
LEGISLATION.
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THIS--
AS SOME LAWMAKERS CALLIN G FOR
SOME ACTION---
TO BE TAKEN AGAINST FATHER
RICHARD BUCCI.
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EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER LOGAN
WILBER IS LIVE IN WEST WARWICK--
WITH WHAT BOTH SIDES ARE SAYING
TONIGHT.
LOGAN?
THE PRO-CHOICE VERSUS PRO-LIFE
ARGUMENT LEADS TO BOTH A LOCAL
PASTOR AND STATE LAWMAKERS
CALLING FOR EACH OTHER TO LEAVE
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
THOSE ARE THE TEACHINGS OF THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH, AND IF YOU
DON'T LIKE THOSE TEACHINGS,
LEAVE.
THEY KEEP PUSHING MORE AND MORE
PARISHIONERS AWAY. THEY PUSHED
ME AWAY A LONG TIME AGO.
PUSHING REPRESENTATIVE CASIMIRO
AND OTHERS AWAY FROM THE CHURCH
IS A FLYER SENT BY FATHER BUCHI
OF SACRED HEART CHURCH, URGING
CHURCHES TO DENY COMMUNION TO
ALL LAWMAKERS WHO SIGNED AND
PASSED A PRO CHOICE BILL LAST
YEAR.
NOW SOME LAWMAKERS ARE CALLING
FOR HIM TO LEAVE THE CHURCH.
FATHER BUCHI SHOULD EITHER
RETIRE, OR BE REMOVED.
CASIMIRO SAYS A LAW GIVING WOMEN
A CHOICE DOESN'T MEAN ANYONE IS
IN FAVOR OF ABORTIONS. BUT
FATHER BUCHI SAYS DIFFERENTLY.
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT'S LIKE. I
SELL SLAVES AT THE MARKET, BUT
I'M AGAINST SLAVERY.
WHILE DEFENDING HIS STANCE OF
WITHHOLDING COMMUNION TO PRO
CHOICE LAWMAKERS, FATHER BUCCI
SAID PEDOPHILIA ISN'T AS BAD AS
ABORTION, BECAUSE NO ONE DIES
FROM SEXUAL ABUSE COMMENTS HE
STANDS BY BUT LOOKS TO CLARIFY.
I SHOULD HAVE PHRASED IT EVERY
CHILD WHO IS ABORTED DIES,
WHEREAS A PERSON WHO IS ABUSED
CAN BE VINDICATED.
WITH THE LAWMAKERS, NOR FATHER
BUCHI WILLING TO GIVE UP ON
THEIR STANCE, THERE IS SEEMINGLY
NO END IN SIGHT FOR THIS DIVIDE,
BUT BOTH SIDES KNOW HOW THEY
WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS ALL END.
HE SAID WHAT HE SAID AND NOW THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH NEED TO DO
SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
IN MY PERFECT WORLD, IT ENDS
WITH MAKING ABORTION, LEGAL, IN
THE CASE OF RAPE INCEST, AND
INDIRECT THREAT TO A MOTHER'S
LIFE.
FATHER BUCCI SAYS IN HIS
PERSONAL OPINION EVEN THOSE
INSTANCES SHOULD BE ILLEGAL.
COMING UP TONIGHT AT 6PM, WELL
EXPLAIN HOW LAWMAKERS BELIEVE
THIS IS ALL PART OF PERSONAL
ATTACK BY FATHER BUCCI.
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TONIGHT --- WE'RE HEARING FROM
THE WEST WARWICK PRIEST, WHOSE
RECENT ACTIONS AND COMMENTS
CONCERNING ABORTION ---HAVE
GAINED NATIONAL ATTENTION.
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EYEWITNESS NEWS REPORTER LOGAN
WILBER SPOKE WITH HIM THIS
AFTERNOON ---
HE JOINS US LIVE FROM WEST
WARWICK WITH WHAT HE HAD TO SAY.
A LOCAL PASTOR SAYS DENYING
COMMUNION TO PRO CHOICE
LAWMAKERS IS ABOUT RELIGIOUS
BELIEFS, BUT ONE STATE
REPRESENTATIVE SAYS THAT'S NOT
THAT CASE.
LAWMAKERS SAY A FLIER CIRCULATED
BY A WEST WARWICK PASTOR ASKING
FOR CHURCHES NOT TO OFFER
COMMUNION TO PRO-CHOICE
LAWMAKERS IS NOT POLITICAL, BUT
PERSONAL
Rep. Julie Casimiro
In december he kicked Re.
McEntee out of a funeral and
told her to shut up and get out.
Fr. Bucci / Pastor, Sacred Heart
Church
I don't think of her at all in
fact, except in the instance of
the funeral, which in my opinion
she desecrated.
FATHER BUCCI ADMITS PERSONAL
PROBLEMS WITH REP. MCENTEE, BUT
SAYS THAT'S NOT WHY HE'S
SPEAKING OUT AGAINST HER AND
THIS PRO-CHOICE LEGISLATION
Fr. bucci
She certainly is an agent of
this change, she and the story
of her sister, I think influence
people and they sort of lost her
reason. And I think a lot of
people and they sort of lost of
her sister, I think influence
this change, she and the story
She certainly is an agent of Fr.
bucci
She certainly is an agent of
this change, she and the story
of her sister, I think influence
people and they sort of lost her
reason. And I think a lot of the
people do not know how extreme
this bill is.
Father Bucci says he can not
verify claims of abuse years ago
against McEntee's sister, but
that played no role in his
recent decisions in asking
churches to deny communion to
all legislators who voted in
favor of the pro choice bill.
He says the biggest factor was a
supreme court ruling on the
topic.
fr. Bucci
It was also the anniversary of
Roe v. Wade when this all
happened.
Rep. Casimiro
If you wanna talk about Roe
versus Wade, this was a general
assembly body voting the way
their constituents wanted,
without letting religious
beliefs get in the way, we're
separating church and state, the
catholic church needs to do the
same.
COMING UP LATER TONIGHT ON
EYEWITNESS NEWS, WE'LL HEAR MORE
FROM A STATE REPRESENTATIVE AND
HER SISTER ON ACCUSATIONS
AGAINST THE CHURCH. LIVE IN WEST