Religious Intolerance = Vandalism

A Roman Catholic cathedral in St Paul MN suffered damage when an apparent anti-gay exorcism was performed.

An informal exorcism performed at the Cathedral of St. Paul this month was more profane than sacred and was directed toward 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 party responsible for the vandalism is suspected to be the group Catholics Against Sacrilege, a fringe group that perceives gays and lesbians who take communion as evil, and the incident was intended to reconsecrate the cathedral after the gays and lesbians had taken communion.