Kansas City, Mo., Mar 5, 2009 / 17:10 pm
Archbishop of Kansas City Joseph F. Naumann has responded to Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius’ nomination to President Obama’s Cabinet, calling it “particularly troubling” that an “outspoken advocate of legal abortion” was chosen for the key position.
He also raised concerns about her connections to abortion “rights” lobbying groups and Kansas late-term abortionist George Tiller.
Gov. Sebelius, who has been named to become Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), was rebuked by the archbishop in 2008 for her support for abortion. He asked her to refrain from receiving Communion until she publicly retracts her position and makes a worthy confession.
Writing in a March 6 column in The Leaven, Archbishop Naumann said that normally it would be “a source of joy and pride” to have a Kansas Catholic named to the Cabinet.