The funeral of a transgender activist in an iconic New York cathedral elicited a denunciation of the event by a senior church official, who called the mass a scandal within one of the preeminent houses of worship in U.S. Catholicism.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York condemned the funeral of Cecilia Gentili, which was held in St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan and drew a large audience on Thursday.
Gentili died Feb. 6 at the age of 52, according to an Instagram post. But it was the disturbing antics at the self-proclaimed atheist’s funeral that led the cathedral to hold a rare “Mass of Reparation” for the funeral that Catholic leaders are calling “sacrilegious.”
A church service of this type is to make “reparation for sin,” according to the Catholic Encyclopedia.
An estimated crowd of more than 1,000, packed into the church and cheered as eulogists led them in praying for transgender rights and access to gender-affirming health care, according to The New York Times.
But that wasn’t all they did. The mourners also mocked Catholic saints and repeatedly celebrated “whores” during the service, according to The Daily Signal.
During the funeral, a photograph of Gentili was on display near
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