Report from the annual Mississippi Diocesan Council meeting in Tupelo is that materials from the Stand Firm table in the exhibit hall were stolen, and diocesan LGBT committee materials left in their place, including the bookmarks mentioned in the LGBT ministry report linked here.

So much for the listening process.

This comes after some very contentious correspondence sent from supporters and members of the committee to the priests who have sponsored a resolution seeking to bring the committee’s funding under the review of diocesan council, and to compel the committee to offer pastoral responses to those who experience same-sex attraction but don’t wish to embrace the lifestyle.

If it wasn’t the leaders of the committee themselves who vandalized the table, then they almost certainly know who did it. I will expect them to bring those persons to full account. Trust that I’ll be in contact with them myself very soon.

I’ll update this post when I get more information.