Posted on 09/26/2020 6:33:11 PM PDT by marshmallow
They voiced concern over ‘an unusual number of horrific and brutal attacks on Catholic and Church properties.’
WASHINGTON, D.C., September 26, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Sixteen members of Congress have asked Attorney General Bill Barr to investigate the perpetrators of “anti-Catholic hate crimes” in the United States, including “any organizational or ideological connections between them.”
Their letter was sent to Barr, himself a Catholic, on September 25.
Led by Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN), the legislators voiced their concern over “an unusual number of horrific and brutal attacks on Catholic and Church properties,” and listed a number of examples of violence against Catholic Church property.
“On July 12, an arsonist set a statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary on fire at the historic Saint Peters [sic] Parish Church in Boston. The day before a man in Florida drove a van into the side of a Catholic Church while parishioners were inside, then spilled gasoline onto the Church’s foyer and attempted to ignite it.”
“Also, on July 11, the San Gabriel Mission“That same weekend, outside of St. Stephen Catholic Church in Chattanooga, unknown vandals beheaded a statue of the Virgin Mary. And these attacks are ongoing.”
Most recently, on September 11, a man was videotaped in the Diocese of Brooklyn, New York, toppling a statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe, “an iconic image of the Virgin Mary often venerated by Hispanics.”
“To attack the Blessed Mother on the day of 9/11, in the morning, in broad daylight is not only brazen, it is a direct assault on the faith of the people who were walking by that day who wanted to have a moment of prayer,” said John Quaglione, a representative of the Diocese of Brooklyn in an interview with CBS New York.
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to explode the brains of liberals everywhere, trump should convert to catholicism before the november election.
ACB is about to be the target of the latest wave.
Someone finally read Rules for Radicals.
Sadly, I know this is true.
Is this the same ‘DOJ’ that was complicit in trying to steal the votes of 63 million Americans in 2016 and then attempted to overthrow a legally elected president?
That DOJ?
I don’t think they can be trusted.
Just say’n.
Saint Junipero Serra statues were toppled in California.
Leftists attacking the Catholic Church is what started the Spanish Civil War ...
Lousy thing to do, but can you really have a “brutal attack” on property? Sounds a little hyperbolic.
And the doj and fbi, which are full of leftist democrats will do nothing.
Buy weapons and ammo, folks. democrats ultimately want you dead if they are unable to control you using lawfare.
JoMa
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