A New Jersey priest allegedly 'kicked out' a 7-year-old autistic boy from church for being a 'distraction,' his mother says.
During the ceremony, Nicholas, who finds comfort in bringing toys to public places, was playing in a candle room adjacent to the baptism, Vicidomini said. He dropped a toy and it clattered on the floor, upon which the Rev. Luke Duc Tran, the priest leading the ceremony, instructed Nicholas to leave.
Vicidomini said that Nicholas"thankfully" did not understand what was happening and left the church with her mother-in-law, but that it was still"painful" to witness the priest interact with her son that way. "This could been handled in a different way," Vicidomini said."We don't speak to Nicholas that way and it was unprofessional and unkind for the priest to do so. He should have addressed us as the parents, not Nicholas.""The priest began to raise his voice and told my husband that Nicholas should not have been playing in church and that it was a distraction to him," Vicidomini said.
"The pastor was unaware that the sibling playing in a nearby candle room during the ceremony has autism," the statement read."The pastor did not understand the child’s behavior, he felt unprepared to respond appropriately, and his reaction to the situation was not pastoral."
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