A senior U.S. cardinal who was barred from public ministry for protecting predator priests is urging his fellow prelates to engage in civil disobedience against President-Elect Donald Trump’s plans for the mass deportation of illegal immigrants.
Cardinal Roger Mahony, former archbishop of Los Angeles, who paid nearly $10 million to settle clergy sex abuse cases, said “the Church will not reveal any records” of illegal parishioners’ private information including “residence and other personal information.”
“The Church will remain vigilant if it appears that Border Patrol or other immigration authorities are making themselves present near our Churches and other Church program facilities,” Mahony told Catholic media outlet Crux in an interview published on Nov. 26.
“The pending ominous initiative to round up and deport some 11 million undocumented immigrants across the country is a chilling and frightening reality,” he warned. “Since the Church has many parishes serving particular immigrant groups, the Church must object if unwarranted intimidation appears.”
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