Well, the “Sisters” finally speak.  After receiving Holy Communion from Roman Catholic Archbishop George H. Niederauer on October, 6, 2007 at Most Holy Redeemer Church in San Francisco, the cross-dressing Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence issued a statement on October 17, 2007. See: KNTV news story.  They must have been tired of being upstaged by the fury directed at the archbishop.  The highlights are as follow:

“While at Mass the Sisters joined other parishioners in respectful and sincere worship and received Communion from the Archbishop.”  Somebody might want to inform the “Sisters” that one doesn’t respect by dressing as drag queen nuns at a Catholic liturgy.

Referring to the numerous critics of their performance at the Mass at Most Holy Redeemer parish “These forces have been critical of Most Holy Redeemer for their welcoming approach to the diverse community they serve and have frequently seen fit to attack the parishioners as part of a larger campaign against ‘San Francisco values.’”  This should show people what living in the San Francisco Bay Area is really like.  We don’t worry about “Catholic values” around here.  We worry about “San Francisco values”.  These terms are in no way synonymous.

The Sisters’ missive continues, “Our hearts go out to the parishioners of Most Holy Redeemer and to the Archbishop who have been unfairly stigmatized by these disingenuous campaigns for doing nothing more than following the welcoming teachings of Christ and administering Communion in keeping with the teachings of the Second Vatican Council.” 

We must have missed the part where Vatican II instructed that drag queens be admitted to Holy Communion.  In which document would that be in?  There’s just something funny about drag queen nuns informing the public of Catholic teaching on Holy Communion.  They’ve missed the boat on all other Catholic teachings but we are now supposed to get our theology from them?  They might want to take a look at Canon Law – canon 915 to be exact.   In his public apology, Archbishop Niederauer said that he should have never given these “persons” (It would be great if he’d say men) Holy Communion.  Are they really now going to argue with a man they are defending?

The letter goes on “…the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence do not ‘mock nuns’