#LoveWins? Bronx priest reports getting spit on after today's gay pride parade in NYC

Posted at 9:31 pm on June 28, 2015 by Greg P.

Father Jonathan Morris of the Our Lady of Mt. Carmel church in the Bronx tweets:

Walking down Broadway and 22nd St just now, I ran into gay marriage parade. Two men walked by and spat on me. Oh well… I deserve worse.
— Fr. Jonathan Morris (@fatherjonathan) June 28, 2015

The two men who spat on me are probably very good man caught up in excitement and past resentment. Most in that parade would not do that.
— Fr. Jonathan Morris (@fatherjonathan) June 28, 2015

Wow.

Although not everyone believes that it happened:

A shame of this really happened. Did you report it to NYC police? They are EVERYWHERE during #Pride. @fatherjonathan https://t.co/yhUaTTPkr7
— Scott Wooledge (@Clarknt67) June 28, 2015

@Clarknt67 @fatherjonathan did this really happen? Or maybe you were mumbling out loud about abominations or something and someone mocked u?
— doctor flexmatrix (@DFlexmatrix) June 28, 2015

Are we rushing to judgement? Is it true? What about the other side? @DFlexmatrix @fatherjonathan https://t.co/OMnGTDBkdn
— Scott Wooledge (@Clarknt67) June 28, 2015

So if it happened, there’s another side to this?

@Clarknt67 @fatherjonathan I'm skeptical that someone simply spit on him.
— doctor flexmatrix (@DFlexmatrix) June 28, 2015

There is no evidence is there? People make up hate crimes @DFlexmatrix: @fatherjonathan I'm skeptical that someone simply spit on him.
— Scott Wooledge (@Clarknt67) June 28, 2015

@Clarknt67 @fatherjonathan yes people make up hate crimes. It's upsetting but true. If he was truly spat upon, I would help report it myself
— doctor flexmatrix (@DFlexmatrix) June 28, 2015

Oh … so now people are making up hate crimes?

More doubters:

@Clarknt67 @fatherjonathan @tomsiemers Its more likely father john got goosed, than spat on…. We want closeted priests to come out
— Kevin byDesign (@Kevin_byDesign) June 28, 2015

Walking down the road and someone walking out of a church called me a kike.See how easy it is to lie on Twitter?@fatherjonathan
— Robot Allen Peacock (@allenpeacock) June 29, 2015

@holybullies @kwsanders @fatherjonathan Are we to believe your story is true?
— Buffington Jones III (@buffingtonthe3) June 29, 2015

.@fatherjonathan Terrible, but your church has done far worse to gays historically. Tweeting this does no good, and you know that.
— Ramón José Díaz (@HafaRamon) June 28, 2015

@fatherjonathan what did you expect being a Vatican tool who calls us intrinsically evil?
— Mic (@MykelBeyotch) June 29, 2015

@fatherjonathan:R u sure the 2men weren't the #KochBrothers spitting on u bcuz of the #ClimateChange #Encyclical? http://t.co/iFVYwYEnRl
— Newsericks (@Newsericks) June 28, 2015

Given your kind was responsible for the Spanish Inquisition (among many horrible things) you got off extremely lucky. @fatherjonathan
— Tom Kidd (@FabulousThomasJ) June 29, 2015

@fatherjonathan Did both of them spit on you? At the same time? Are you implying they were gay? How do you know? Did you photograph them
— Thomas Cantwell (@AstoriaTom) June 29, 2015

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