>>> a woman denied communion at her own mother's funeral because she's gay. the archdiocese says the priest's action were against policy. now that woman wants the priest removed ♪ hey, hey, we're the monkees >> a member of an american pop group dies. >>> hey there, i'm tamron hall. we're following breaking news this hour. a terrifying rash of tornadoes across the midwest taking the lives of at least seven people. more than 100 others are injured. you're looking at some of the latest images out of missouri, illinois, kentucky, as well as kansas. now, the devastation has been particularly brutal in illinois and missouri. in harrisburg, illinois, six deaths were reported after a storm leveled much of the small town of about 9,000 residents. more than 300 homes and businesses now lay in ruin. in branson, missouri, much of the town is without power right now. roofs were ripped off hotels and the city's famous music theaters seriously damaged from tuesday night into wednesday morning. tornadoes were reported across eight separate states. nbc's ron blome joins me no

seen here at a conference refused to serve her communion because she is a lesbian. proceed to the cemetery for the mother's burial. the family is devastated. >> it is about a priest to denied my family the proper respect at the most personal time and 1's life. >> i would like an apology from the father. we would like to be assured he will be removed. >> a bishop sent an apology letter saying "i am sorry for what should have been a celebration of your mother's life was overshadowed by a lack of past aural sensitivity." >> i do not think they should deny anybody communion. >> i understand where she is coming from. it is his church. it is a catholic rule. >> he has his own personal belief and she has hers. i can understand both sides. >> a spokesperson with the archdiocese of washington tells us they are talking to the priest to get his side of the story. since they are treating this as a personnel issue, they will not give us any more details. >> thank you. still ahead on abc 7 news at 5:00 we investigate metro bus drivers running red lights and putting you in danger.

her sexual orientation would be a problem with father marcell until she stepped forward to take communion>> he said i can not give you communion because you live with a woman. >> though shaken by father marcell's action, barbara says she tried to compose herself to give her mother the dignified funeral she deserved so a few minutes later, barbara began her eulogy. >> at which time father marcell left the altar and did not return until i finished my eulogy. >> according to barbara, the story gets even worse because after first refusing to give barbara communion and walk off the altar, father marcell refused to accompany barbara's mothers body to the cemetary in aspen hills. barbara was told father marcell had suddenly become ill no other family should have to suffer what we did from this man. >> in a written statement the archdiocese conceded father marcell acted improperly saying any issues regarding the suit ability of an individual to receive communion should be addressed by the priest with that person in a private pastoral setting. >> the archdiocese of washington has said it exactly r

. >>> he said, i cannot give you communion because you live with a woman. >> an area woman calls forriest's removal for his actions at her mother's funeral. >>> home grown terror suspect. a former suspect detained at guantanamo bay. learns his lesson. >>> eyewitness news at 4:00 continues with denise and ,,,,,, >>> it is 4:39. 59 degrees and cloudy. hello and thanks for staying with eyewitness news. i'm denise koch. >> and i'm vic carter. here's what people are talking about. >> stranded in the indian ocean. more than 1,000 passengers are waiting for their rescue from pirate-infested waters. this as they take on the issue of cruise ship safety. alison harmelin reports for wjz. >> the italian cruise ship liner, costa alegra is on its way after it was disabled. all passengers on board are uninjured but weary from days with little food and water and no electricity. this is the second accident in just over a month. 25 people died when the costa concordia struck a reef off the italian coast. officials have charged the captain with abandoning his ship. >> we have a captain who forgot he wa

. >>> communion controversy.yland woman is upset with the catholic priest for his actions during her mother's funeral. >>> new details about the suspect shooting in ohio. did he steal the gun used in the attack. >>> how safe are cruise ships. how their story could impact future vacations at sea. ,,,,,,, >>> it's 5:29, 50 degrees with some clouds and rain. good evening. thank you for staying with wjz eyewitness news. here are some of the stories people are talking about tonight. student suspensions. maryland school leaders are on a quest to slash the soaring number. in tonight's school watch report, gigi barnett explains the possible changes coming to the discipline code at schools across the state. >> reporter: after a two-year review of a near 0 tolerance policy, state school leaders say too many students are kicked out of school for minor violations. it's all detailed in this newly- released study. and interim school superintendent bernard sadusky says it's time to change the codes. >> there are students who ha

. >>> a sad day becomes more upsetting after a woman was refused communion at her own mom's funeral. her story is coming up after the break. >>> only on 9 tonight, there are a few moments sadder than the passing of one's mother. the sad reality along with a startling reaction from the officiating priest at the funeral. >> that's what one northwest washington woman said to her as she was trying it lay her mom to rest. matt jablow picks up the story. >> i was stunned. >> it's been an extremely difficult week for johnson, perhaps the most difficult week of her life. >> i feel very sad. >> it started on saturday at st. john newman catholic church in gaithersburg, where friends and family gathered to say good- bye to barbra's mother who died last week after a brief illness. >> i was in the first pew in the first seat next to my mother's coffin. >> a few minutes before the funeral began, father marcel learned that barbra was involved in a romantic relationship with another woman. >> i am a lesbian. >> a former catholic schoolteacher, she aren't considered her sexual orientation would be a

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she issued an edict, as i called it, in which she said no first communion, no long pants. we wore these short pants, nickers at the time, knee pants, and finally she relented and i was able to graduate from grade school into long pants. >> are you religious today? >> i don't pratice any religion. i dot beng to a church, no. >> you wtto school where? >> in chic and then i went to chicago public schools, and i went to college for a couple of years at lake forest, which was really a suburb of chicago. >> where was your first job? >> first job, well,the first full-time job was the chicago daily news. i had done some stuff for a suburban newspaper in chicago, evanston, illinois, and took my things in to the chicago news and i didn't really expect much to come of that. i thought maybe they would give me some kind of summer job in the art department, and i kind of lucked out because it turned out they had a cartoonist who was leaving at that time, and they said well, come in monday and we'll give you a tryout. and i left college during the end of the second year, and went in ther

whitney's favorite story of mine was me sneaking into the church kitchen after communion.tion with someone. my father was the one who found me again and asked what i was doing. i told him i was a cowboy. and that i was drinking whiskey. i don't think my feet touched the floor that day either. it was easy for us to laugh. the church was what we knew. it was our private bond. i can see her in my own mind running around here as a skinny little girl, knowing everyone, everyone's business, knowing every inch of this place. i can also see her in trouble too. trying to use that beautiful smile, trying to talk her way out of it and cissy not having any of it. mostly the days at church were good ones for us, and we both remembered how our parents tried to explain god and the plan he had for our lives. and we agreed that there was this feeling, this promise that if somehow we listened carefully, god's voice would somehow come to us. i told whitney that i always worried god was going to ask me to be a preacher. i wasn't sure how much fun ours had. whitney told me she wasn't worried a

and may the love of god, the peace of the holy spirit, the sweet communion of knowing that you are ar, for god is love. [applaus [applause] >> yeah, god is love. >> ' going to ask reverend ken burrell to come forward and do a song that was whitney's favorite song and she loved listening to ken sing it. [applaus [applause]. >> all of those things that come to my mind all week long about her, and she was special and she had a loving heart. i'm thankful today because she was not selfish. as popular and powerful as she was, she was so brilliant ly liberal with who she was and others. she, too, saw great in me and contributed to that. i want to thank pat and miss cissy houston for allowing me to sing that song, i believe in you and me to her, and i'm going to try and do it today, but there's a little song i want to do, and personalized for her, if that's okay? okay. ♪ she was born in newark, ooh, she was heaven sent ♪ ♪ for all ♪ ♪ it's been a long, a long time coming ♪ ♪ oh, but a change had to come, oh, yes, it did ♪ ♪ sometimes when we talk, it's like it's too hard living, but i know s

>> then afterwards, the blood was ritually drank such as in communion. >> today, ferrell maintains that after dwelling on the dark side, he's now emerged on the other side and says his bad choices should serve as a warning. and so this is his story. >>> in here, you're surrounded by other murderers, robbers, rapists, thieves. they still tend to kind of give me respect, give me space. and it throws them to a degree because they're like well, this guy was drinking blood, he's got to be crazy. something can't be right with this guy's mind. >> whether rod ferrell is crazy matters more than somewhat with the claims he will make in this film. perhaps he just craves attention. his career as a teenaged vampire earned him a ticket to death row, but it's also brought him a kind of sinister celebrity as his despicable crime has been the subject of a movie, documentary, books and internet fan sites. >> i'm just me. i don't know about celebrity status. immediately i would say by the time i was 17, while i was sitting on death row, a few of the guys in the cells along the wing said that i should take

he took out a waifer and then wine and observed communion on the moon just as columbus had done when he reached the new world. buzz invited everyone to give thanks in his or her own way and when neil and buzz planted the stars and stripes on the moon, there wasn't -- there was one person who couldn't observe this scene live. that's all right. i don't mind said michael collins from apollo 11's command module. his attention focused on making sure that pioneers would get home. two years ago mike said this, "a heroes abound but don't count astronauts among them. we work very hard. we did our jobs to near perfection. but that's what we've been hired to do." when americans take on our work with humility and dedication, there truly is nothing that we can't accomplish. we can do anything if we humble ourselves and if we've got the right stuff. gentlemen, heroes or not, your acts were heroic. and today we add you to the many honors, two of your many honors with respect and gratitude, the congressional gold medal. [ applause ] >> ladies and gentlemen, please remain seated for the unveiling and

the holy father told those gathered to always remain united to pastors and new cardinals to be in communion with the church. he went on to say that unity in the church is a divine gift that must be defended and developed. [applause] >> the crowd erupted into applause and song again as the holy father blessed everyone before his exit. after the audience with the holy father, another reception for the cardinals. at this gathering, we talked to people about their impressions of being in the presence of the holy father. >> it is a wonderful thing to be able to realize he is the spiritual head of millions of people. >> it was everything i imagine it would be. he seems like a wonderful man and a great leader of the catholic church. >> it was a wonderful experience. once-in-a-lifetime. it is one i will treasure forever. >> all those in attendance will return home with a renewed sense of faith and hopefully become brighter beacons of light and hope in their communities. rod daniels for wbal-tv 11 news. >> we have more coverage on our website at wbaltv.com. >> a 29-year-old man is lucky to be alive.

on the facebook page about that story involving a catholic priest and refusing to give that woman communion or participate in the ceremony after finding out she is a lesbian. monica harrison writes, that is so sad. i feel so horrible for that woman. i don't care what you think, it's a funeral. the woman's mother died. we get so mad about that lunatic group that protests funerals and this is no different. i think it's worse. but wait just a second, that priest has to follow certain rules. for him, sharing it with a lifestyle that is unbiblical is unappropriate and he would have to answer to god inappropriately. since he found out during the funeral, there was no time for any private council. the rest of the funeral should not have been a problem, which is pretty much what the catholic church is telling us. being plain rude is something else. meantime, we got this on whether that deadly rage over the burning of the koran is reason enough to get out of there. john from st. michaels maryland says maybe, i've never been an advocate of cut and run, but this latest civilian behavior has got my sca

the future unlike christians who pray in church these worshipers go to a grove where they seek communion with nature but before setting else they say a brief prayer and. everybody coming to the grove brings domestic water fowl with them they serve as food for both the gods and the people you have gained from in chicago has decided to sacrifice the fattest of cities household and murray god geese and ducks are symbols of homing between three basic elements these creatures walk on earth swim in water and fly through the air. eight hundred animals for a second find fear inclusion a blue collar around as well as nice and ducks. one woman from the romas team has a good knowledge of the area and she provides a running commentary for the facts of that and the parents service is taking place near the five sacred trees each trees dedicated to particular diety. everyone carefully follows the guides words as they take in the sights along the way as it was clear also ground is on the left hand side people praying the sacred place as soon as we get to the religious. left. the special day that the com

always remain connected in order to be in communion with a church. he went on to say unity in the church as a divine gift which much be defended and developed. and the crowd erupted into applause and song once again as the holy father blessed everyone before his accident. after his audience with a holy father, a short walk across the square, another reception for the cardinal. and we talked about their impressions of being in the presence of the holy father. >> it is a wonderful rain -- thing to realize he is the spiritual head of millions of people. it was magnificent. he was everything i thought it would be. he seemed like a wonderful man and a great leader of the catholic church. >> it was an experience i will treasure forever. >> we met three generations of worshipers, grandmother, mother, and son. >> ed o'brien became a cardinal, and that means a lot to me. >> i am grateful to be a catholic. i am grateful to be here with my family. >> did you ever see the opportune -- think you would have this opportunity? pretty awesome experience? all the week

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. >> hinojosa: so people feel this sense of communion with you because you have been so incredibly honest about your life. in your book, leap of faith, you reveal so much. and i was wondering, i was like, "you know what? the queen does not need to be doing this, does not..." >> well, i'm a shy person by nature, and i did not want... i wanted... i wrote that book. the publishers seemed to have in mind a one-year bestseller, in other words, you know, a... "write it in a year, or have someone write it for you in a year, and it'll come out, and how many queens have written books? and, you know, we'll market it off of that." and i said, "well, no, i actuly have no interest in writing a book that is not going to inform and have some meaning for people, especially considering how much information is absent from people's... from the educational system and from the media about the middle east, and how little is understood about what actually has happened in the search for peace in the region. so for me it was both trying to put my husband's work in an honest, objective way on paper, and some of th

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