St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City was tricked into hosting a funeral mass for a transgender pretender who died earlier this month. The person who planned the funeral Mass only told the church the deceased was Catholic and intentionally hid that they were part of the transgender crowd.
From what I can tell Fr. Edward Dougherty, who performed the funeral, is not a regular pastor who serves at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.
During the Mass one of the attendants referred to the deceased as “This whore. This great whore. St. Cecilia, Mother of all Whores!”:
Yesterday, St. Patrick's Cathedral hosted the funeral of Cecilia Gentili, a transgender, atheist prostitute. Funeral was attended by hundreds of trans activists in thongs/fishnet/halter tops/fur. They celebrated the dead prostitute by mocking St. Cecilia, saying: "This whore.… pic.twitter.com/qMeUA0rfhK
— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) February 16, 2024
Here’s more Mary Margaret Olohan:
“Per NYT: “Ceyenne Doroshow, who organized the funeral, said friends of Ms. Gentili — who died on Feb. 6 at 52 — had wanted the service to be at St. Patrick’s because “it is an icon, just like her.” But she added that she had not mentioned that Ms. Gentili was transgender when planning with the church. “I kind of kept it under wraps,” she said.””
Per NYT: "Ceyenne Doroshow, who organized the funeral, said friends of Ms. Gentili — who died on Feb. 6 at 52 — had wanted the service to be at St. Patrick’s because “it is an icon, just like her.” But she added that she had not mentioned that Ms. Gentili was transgender when…
— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) February 16, 2024
Gentili is believed to be the first man who identifies as a transgender woman to have a funeral service at St. Patrick's Cathedral, according to funeral organizers (per TIME)https://t.co/JCxsMJpnNJ
— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) February 16, 2024
As Daily Mail reports: "A mourner upstaged the priest at one point by singing 'Ave Maria' – but changing the lyrics to 'Ave Cecilia' before dancing through the aisles." pic.twitter.com/PxknJtgDp0
— Mary Margaret Olohan (@MaryMargOlohan) February 16, 2024
The pastor for St. Patrick’s Cathedral has issued this statement saying they were only aware the deceased was Catholic and they are offering a Mass of reparations after the event: