[1000 silverlings]

After a year's delay, an expedition led by Father Junipero Serra, arrived at the same site on October 31, 1776, with two padres and an escort of soldiers. The following day, November 1, 1776, the mission was officially dedicated

Ah Father Serra, famous for whipping pregnant Indian women and tying their legs shut so they couldn't give birth to punish them for getting pregnant.

[Mad Dawg]

Wow. Some people will believe ANYTHING as long as it makes Catholics look bad.
I bet you look down on Jefferson and Washington because they owned slaves.

Thanks for (a)sourcing your quote and (b) reminding me how corrosive and mind-destroying hatred can be.

I didn't say we were perfect. Shall we now line up anecdotes rumored or substantiated of things we have done badly? I wonder what church General Custer went to when he was in town.