DC archbishop won't deny Biden communion over abortion controversy

Washington, D.C., Archbishop Wilton Gregory on Tuesday said that he would not refuse President-elect Joe Biden communion over his support for abortion.

Biden, whose abortion policies earned censure from Catholic bishops last week, landed in controversy last year when a South Carolina priest refused him communion, citing the then-candidate’s support for abortion. Gregory, however, noted that never once during Biden’s time as vice president did a Washington priest withhold the sacrament from him.