A young priest from New Jersey has come to the defense of Carrie Prejean Boller amid her removal from President Donald Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission, stating that, despite descriptions to the contrary by two prominent prelates, her deportment on the commission was “fitting” and “important” for ensuring religious freedom for Catholics and others.
Father Joseph S. DeMarzo III issued his Monday analysis on social media platform X, disagreeing with Bishop Robert Barron’s assessment that Boller was removed from the commission for “browbeating witnesses, aggressively asserting her point of view, hijacking the meeting for her own political purposes.”
“I must disagree with this statement,” explained the young priest who was ordained for the Diocese of Patterson, New Jersey, last June.
Given the purpose of the hearing was “to speak out against discrimination and injustice,” Boller’s exchanges were “fitting” since she was defending the religious liberty rights of all, he explained.
“She asked whether one could reject antisemitism and at the same time condemn the mass killing of Palestinians in Gaza, reject political Zionism, or not support the political state of Israel,” addressing Jewish Zionist witnesses on the panel.
In doing so, “Carrie was fulfilling her duty as a member of the board in speaking not only for the protection of Jews, but also for Palestinians,” DeMarzo wrote. “It is also a fair question to ask in light of the thousands of Palestinians who have been killed since October 7. As Catholics, we decry the killing of all innocent human life.”
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