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He announced the flag burning to his parishioners in a postscript of his homily last weekend published in the parish bulletin. The pledge cards were in response to recent scandals that have rocked the Catholic Church. Last weekend at Mass, Father Kalchik encouraged his parishioners to fill out pledge cards for fasting and praying. “It was just by accident that this banner that was made to celebrate all things gay … did not get destroyed when I first got here,” he said in an interview with the Chicago Sun Times. When he arrived at the parish, he burned vestments and candles decorated with rainbow symbols.
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Father Kalchik was assigned to the parish in 2007. The banner, which featured a cross and rainbow, was in storage for decades. Now parishioners can find the ashes in the parish compost heap.
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The flag once held a prominent place in the sanctuary of the church. They then burned the pieces in the fire pit used for the Easter vigil Mass. Father Kalchik and seven parishioners cut the flag into seven pieces. CHICAGO – Father Paul Kalchik burned a LGBT rainbow flag last week in an exorcism ceremony on the grounds of Resurrection Catholic Church.