pilnick:

Have you guys heard about this? The whole situation is pretty ridiculous. The short version is a UCF student went to mass, recevied the Eucharist then left without eating it. Doesn’t sound like a big deal to me but since the church says this small bread wafer becomes the body of Christ after being blessed, Catholics across the country became furious.

Not only did church members grab and try to physically block the student from leaving the church, but he started receiving death threats! Church officials made statements declaring this a hate crime, comparing it to kidnapping a family member, and calling for the students expulsion.

The student returned the wafer to end the death threats but his ordeal isn’t over since he may still be expelled (the school has been backing the church). In the mean-time, armed guards are now present at every mass.