....Officials with the Diocese of Brooklyn, which includes 1.5 million Catholics in Brooklyn and Queens, have made no secret of their dislike for [Councilwoman Diana] Reyna and Representative Nydia M. Velasquez, who, along with local nonprofit housing groups, have fought Mr. Lopez over the rezoning of a 31-acre parcel in Brooklyn called the Broadway Triangle.
Ms. Reyna and Ms. Velasquez have suggested that the diocese ousted a priest as head of a local housing group because he annoyed Mr. Lopez, and that in exchange, Mr. Lopez derailed the child abuse bill in Albany....
....Ms. Reyna, who is Catholic, declined comment on Sunday. Her supporters privately say that they see little benefit in engaging in an open war with the church, particularly since a number of priests showed up at a recent rally supporting Mr. Lopez.
Vito J. Lopez is a Democrat. Ms. Reyna and Ms. Velasquez are Democrats, too.
I guess now that the Obamahitler is in power, everyone knows that the IRS will not lower the hammer on a clergyman who supports a Democrat.
But let a minister or priest attempt to use his position to endorse a Republican, and watch the fireworks ...
Disgusting.
**bishop, Nicholas A. DiMarzio**
Archbishop Dolan will be all over him for this. Bawling him out, that is!
this “bishop” should resign. I wonder if he spoke up for any pro-life candidates and allowed voter guides in his churches? I bet the answer is NO.
Well, I don’t know the details, but I wouldn’t rush to condemn the Bishop.
I think that the bill Lopez “derailed” was one of several put forward this year in various states that would remove all statutes of limitations for sex harrassment lawsuits against the clergy, BUT would not do so for school teachers who belong to the unions.
It deserved to be shot down.
As for condemning the bishop, I’ve seen numerous endorsements by black clergy over the past couple of weeks. It’s time the IRS stopped singling out the Catholic Church or white churches and treated everyone alike.
Question... Who on this thread has a link to the audio?
Oh, Coleus... the site:
http://www.dioceseofbrooklyn.org/