[Kaslin]

Perhaps this explains it.

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In trying to bring his religion to the Native Americans sometimes led to clashes with his own government. He clashed with Spanish authorities over the way soldiers treated the native peoples. While he advocated on behalf of native peoples, Serra also sought to correct them when they broke the rules as well. He supported the use of corporal punishment for offenses.

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From the
Junipero Serra Biography Missionary, Saint (c. 1713–c. 1784)

[Mercat]

There are idiots who are going to hate on him because he was European and he was there, in California.