Unmarried Gov. Cuomo is guilty of sacrilege and should be denied Communion, Vatican adviser says

BY Leo Standora
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Wednesday, February 23rd 2011

Gov. Cuomo committed a "gravely sacrilegious" act by receiving Communion while holding certain political beliefs and living with his girlfriend, Sandra Lee, a Vatican canon law adviser said Tuesday.

Edward Peters told CNSNews that Cuomo, who supports abortion and gay marriage, should be denied Communion if he tries to take the sacrament again "as long as he persists in such conduct."

Peters zeroed in on the Mass, at Albany's Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, that Cuomo attended a day after his Jan. 1 inauguration. He received Communion from Bishop Howard Hubbard at the Mass. the rest