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New York|N.Y. Archdiocese Condemns Funeral of Transgender Activist at Cathedral

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N.Y. ARCHDIOCESE CONDEMNS FUNERAL OF TRANSGENDER ACTIVIST AT CATHEDRAL

In a statement, the pastor of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan said the
church was not aware of Ms. Gentili’s background, or her avowed atheism, when it
agreed to host the Thursday service.

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Cecilia Gentili, an activist and actress well known for her advocacy on behalf
of sex workers, was celebrated at the funeral as “Saint Cecilia, the mother of
all whores.” Credit...Sarah Blesener for The New York Times


By Liam Stack

Feb. 17, 2024Updated 6:37 p.m. ET

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York condemned the funeral of a
transgender community leader that was held at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on
Thursday, calling the event an insult to the Catholic faith and saying it was
unaware of the identity of the deceased — or her vocal atheism — when it agreed
to host the service.

The funeral, which drew well over 1,000 people, celebrated the life of Cecilia
Gentili, an activist and actress well known for her advocacy on behalf of sex
workers, transgender people and people living with H.I.V. She was also a
self-professed atheist, a topic around which she built a one-woman Off Broadway
show.

The service on Thursday was an event that most likely had no precedent in
Catholic history. The pews were packed with mourners, many of them transgender,
who wore daring high-fashion outfits and cheered as eulogists led them in
praying for transgender rights and access to gender-affirming health care.


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Catholic liberals, including some parishioners at St. Patrick’s, said the church
had done a good thing by hosting the funeral of a transgender person. Some
conservative Catholics vehemently disagreed.Credit...Sarah Blesener for The New
York Times


One eulogy, a video clip of which was widely shared online Friday, remembered
Ms. Gentili as “Saint Cecilia, the mother of all whores,” to the thunderous
cheers of a nearly full cathedral.



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Catholic liberals, including some parishioners at St. Patrick’s, said that
regardless of how some mourners behaved, the church had done a good thing by
hosting the funeral of a transgender person. But the response from conservatives
was fiery.

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Liam Stack is a Times reporter who covers the culture and politics of the New
York City region. More about Liam Stack

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