“The discipline must be applied in order to avoid serious scandal, for example, the erroneous acceptance of procured abortion against the constant teaching of the moral law. No matter how often a bishop or priest repeats the teaching of the Church regarding procured abortion, if he stands by and does nothing to discipline a Catholic who publicly supports legislation permitting the gravest of injustices and, at the same time, presents himself to receive Holy Communion, then his teaching rings hollow. To remain silent is to permit serious confusion regarding a fundamental truth of the moral law.” Archbishop Raymond Burke on Canon 915

State Senator Joe Robach, a professed Catholic, is an abortion supporter in the cases of rape and incest. Assemblyman Joe Morelle, another professed Catholic, describes himself as “pro-choice”. He was endorsed by NARAL in the last election.