November 13, 2008

A Crime was Committed

This man committed a crime. 

 

Man charged with stealing communion wafers from Jensen Beach priest

By staff report

Monday, November 10, 2008

 

JENSEN BEACH — Parishioners at St. Martin de Porres Catholic Church stopped a man from leaving Saturday morning Mass after he "attempted to steal a handful of communion wafers from the priest," according to an arrest report.

 

At one time stealing was stealing.  John Samuel Ricci stole and was detained and arrested, but many of those commenting on the news story belittled the situation and the object of the theft. 

 

Why?  Well, religious bigotry is the only answer.  What deeper analysis is needed? 

 

The only interesting point is that the suspect,  John Samuel Ricci believe he could get away with committing the crime. 

 

Why?  Did he think Catholics would do nothing?  Possibly he thought Catholics were pacifists?   And would actually do nothing.

 

 

According to the Roman Catholic Church’s own teaching on theft, Ricci was stealing:

 

2408 The seventh commandment forbids theft, that is, usurping another's property against the reasonable will of the owner. There is no theft if consent can be presumed or if refusal is contrary to reason and the universal destination of goods. This is the case in obvious and urgent necessity when the only way to provide for immediate, essential needs (food, shelter, clothing . . .) is to put at one's disposal and use the property of others.[190]

 

Let me emphasizes this point that Ricci was usurping another's property against the reasonable will of the owner, when

 

 

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