05-20-2008
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#31 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by njqt466 
According to Walz, Adam struck a child during mass, nearly knocks elderly parishioners over when he hastily exits the church, spits and sometimes urinates in church and fights when he is being restrained. He also one time assaulted a girl by pulling her onto his lap and, during Easter mass, ran to the parking lot and got into two vehicles, starting them and revving the engine, Walz alleged. "There were people directly in front of the car who could have been injured or killed if he had put the car in gear," Walz wrote. Adam's parents have to sit on him and sometimes tie his hands and feet to get control of him, Walz wrote. Carol Race has an answer to each complaint. She said her son makes spitting faces but doesn't spit and acknowledged he has occasional problems with incontinence. She says that she and her husband sit on Adam because their weight calms him down, which is why he pulled the girl onto him. |
If all of this is true, I see no problem in him being banned from the church.
He's out of control, and it's unfair for the parishioners who go there to worship. If his parents and doctors can somehow work with him to get his problems under control, then he could possibly go back. Unfortunately, some forms of autism are extremely difficult to treat, so that may not even be a possibility.
His actions wouldn't be tolerated in a restaurant, movie theater or mall, so I don't see it as intolerance on behalf of the church whatsoever. |
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