You have publicly stumbled (I hope it was an unwitting stumble) into endorsing, quite explicitly, a mortal sin.
The mortal sin in question is: giving Communion to a person who is obstinately persisting in manifest grave sin. It is a grave sin of scandal because whenever a minister of Communion gives such a person Communion, he: 1) publicly collaborates, with knowledge, in the commission of a sacrilege; 2) gives public approval to the communicant's notorious grave sin.
You are, of course, aware that these are the precise reasons the Church has always required Denial of Communion to persons living publicly in a state of adultery. (more...)
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