How long was the church service?
The quick-stop into donut shops and back out (with coffee, etc.,) became something of a tradition due to brevity of the visit?
The news article linked to from what was posted from 'LifesiteNews' article at heading of this thread;
has additional info.
It would be difficult for me to single out only a few paragraphs to re-tell the story as it's laid out in that article.
But after reading it, I can see better how the suspension came about.
The details, for me, raise this question;
How to open things up where an officer could attend a few(?) masses a year without opening a door that would be used, then eventually abused (by other officers doing whatever -- "hey-- I had to go home and mow my yard" etc.,) ?
How to keep from paying an officer to attend church (any church, anywhere) for that matter?
For religious purposes, could there be a carve-out? A way for say, an officer to pre-declare days and times when he would be officially "off" duty for around an hour, or a little more -- while stipulating too where he would be --- and be still fully available to respond to official calls of duty at a moment's notice? Perhaps an officer's pay could be officially adjusted to reflect the time spent "off" being more fully "on duty" compared to being in effect, possibly "on-call" and available for duty?
If that could be worked out )shssh( quietly now... how to keep muslims from making that kind of thing into a great big pain in the neck?
The Cop could’a been there to insure compliance to the separation of Church and State rules (preaching) and to surveill potential domestic terrorists...
Weekday Mass 30 minutes. Twenty if you skip the opening hymn and leave right after Communion.