Posted on 11/26/2007 9:17:34 AM PST by Dubya
Irving minister Pedro Portillo offers to bridge gap between police, immigrants The Rev. Pedro Portillo moves around the altar and the pews like Dr. Phil. Organ riffs of Ave Maria reach the rafters. Then, the Salvadoran-born pastor plunges into the Ten Commandments. Fast forward a half-hour into the service and he adds this thou-shalt phrase: carry a passport, a driver's license, a Mexican identification card. The preaching is a little out of the ordinary, but Mr. Portillo, a former Catholic priest, said his experience as an advocate for the poor in El Salvador has prepared him well for his current mission in Irving.
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Irving minister Pedro Portillo ... a former Catholic priest...
Exsqueeze me???
If he's an "ex" priest, he ain't NO minister.
(Portillo) said his experience as an advocate for the poor in El Salvador....
That explains why he's an "ex" priest. He was prolly helping the commie FMLN ('the poor') during the civil war, was caught and got excommunicated. He's lucky he's still sucking air.
ping
Just another commie........
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