November 27, 2004
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St. Paul cathedral damaged in apparent anti-gay exorcism
Herón Márquez Estrada, Star Tribune
November 24, 2004
An informal exorcism performed at the Cathedral of St. Paul was directed at gay Catholics, police and church authorities said Tuesday. They said the ritualistic sprinkling of blessed oil and salt around the church and in donation boxes amounted to costly vandalism and possibly even a hate crime.
The damage was discovered after words were exchanged between members of the Rainbow Sash Alliance, a gay rights group, and the opposing group, Catholics Against Sacrilege.
The groups are at odds over gays participating in communion. A report was filed with St. Paul police, who said the case could be prosecuted as a hate crime.
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