In posting the letter on Facebook last week, Hakes wrote that both of his deceased grandparents would be "disgusted" by their parish.
"May we pray for the softening of hearts and the healing of those hurt," he wrote.
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A worshiper prays in a 2005 photo taken at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago, Illinois.
