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And, for what it's worth, being disabled does mean that they should be shown more compassion and understanding that able bodied or able minded people. That's the whole bloody point!
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Like I said, I don't know the full story. It could be the equivalent of a child who's acting up in a movie, while that may seem to be a harsh analogy, but if the person has the intelligence of a child then yes, there's a time and a place for a minister to be able to talk to the person and be their company, but I don't believe it should be at the expense of the rest of the people at mass.
Now the person could have made just a small noise like anyone else and the priest was being vindictive, and then it would be very wrong for that to happen, but like I said I don't know the circumstances.
I believe the action is permissible depending on the situation.
In regards to the rest of the priests and clergy who are going off against the man who did that, it's their job for PR for the church, so that kind of thing is to be expected. Some one does something bad, so the church 'reprimands' the person and the rest of the church will speak out against it to cover their tracks.