Mich. Catholic church rejects lesbian couple as members

MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. — A lesbian couple say they are soured by the experience after a Catholic church refused to accept them as members, the Macomb Daily reported. Mary Horon and her partner Cheryl Mathers were turned away from St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church in St. Clair Shores and later accepted for membership in St. Basil the Great Catholic Church in Eastpointe, according to the newspaper. Rev. Michael Bugarin of St. Joan of Arc said lesbian couples would not be accepted, Horon said. “He called us ‘sinners.’”