Michigan couple: Priest, 'bully' coach ruined our son's funeral
On a persona level, this story boils my blood. The sermon the priest at my brother's funeral gave was almost as bad. He had know my brother since he was a toddler. He knew my brother and my parents had a rocky relationship. And part of that dynamics may have contributed to his decision to take an overdose. I remember sitting in that pew, feeling like someone had gut punched me.
Michigan couple: Priest, 'bully' coach ruined our son's funeral
They lost a teenage son to suicide, then sought compassion from their priest.
Yet, at the packed funeral on Dec. 8, the Rev. Don LaCuesta delivered words so hurtful that Catholic officials in Detroit apologized in a statement emailed to the Free Press.
Not good enough, the youth's parents said. They want their parish priest removed from his post in Monroe County, south of Detroit.
"Everybody seems to understand but the Catholic Church," said Jeff Hullibarger, father of 18-year-old Maison, a straight-A student and outstanding athlete who ended his own life on Dec. 4. The priest told mourners at the funeral that the youth might be blocked from heaven because of how he died, the couple said.
https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2018/12/14/hullibarger-bedford-suicide-gofundme/2308094002/
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