(FW) – On Monday, a firestorm lit up Twitter after a priest asked women to dress modestly in order to “protect the purity of men at Holy Mass.” Father Kevin M. Cusick, a former Lieutenant Commander in the US Navy chaplain corps and a priest from the Washington, D.C. area, received incredible pushback and criticism after he asked “ladies” to cover their shoulders. “Ladies,” Father Cusick wrote, “a priest I know was forced on Sunday to ask a woman at Mass to cover her shoulders.
Please help the priest to protect the purity of the men at Holy Mass by choosing to dress modestly.” “The alternative is awkward for all involved,” he added. “Thank you.” The tweet immediately faced backlash with both women and men, Catholics, and non-Catholics responding to his request. Here were some of the responses on Twitter: Although many on the internet were angered at Father Cusick’s tweet, there were others who stood behind his request. READ MORE
