Lincoln, Neb., Mar 6, 2005 / 22:00 pm
A member of the group Call to Action turned the Body of Christ into a political statement last month by taking the host from the altar on his own after being denied Communion by the local bishop.
Call to Action is a group that dissents from Catholic teachings on a number of issues and demands that the Church approve abortion, married priests, women priests, divorce and contraception.
John Krejci, a former priest and co-founder of the Nebraska chapter of Call to Action, told the Associated Press that Bishop Fabian Bruskewitz of Lincoln denied him Communion at Sacred Heart Parish Feb. 7, with "an unfriendly wave of his hand."
Krejci then followed the bishop to the altar and, once the bishop put down the Communion vessel, took a host for himself.