He lamented about this to AmericaMagazine.org (November 8) saying that it is “not a happy experience” to having been refused Communion. AmericanMagazine.org didn't have the guts to ask him how he would qualify the experience of being aborted.
In the meantime, Durbin has “found another Catholic venue, the Archdiocese of Chicago,” that has become “my new faith home." The problem: "Whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord," and "Those who eat and drink without discerning the body of Christ eat and drink judgment on themselves" (1 Cor 11,27-29).
Springfield is led by courageous Bishop Thomas Paprocki, and Chicago by Anti-Catholic Conformist Cardinal Blase Cupich.