Disgraced U.S. Cardinal Incites Civil Disobedience to Trump’s Mass Deportations, by Jules Gomes

By Jules Gomes, The Stream, December 3, 2024

Dr. Jules Gomes, (BA, BD, MTh, PhD), has a doctorate in biblical studies from the University of Cambridge. Currently a Vatican-accredited journalist based in Rome, he is the author of five books and several academic articles. Gomes lectured at Catholic and Protestant seminaries and universities and was canon theologian and artistic director at Liverpool Cathedral.

Prelate paid $10 million from Catholic Church’s coffers to settle clerical sex abuse cases

A senior U.S. cardinal who was barred from public ministry for protecting predator priests is urging his fellow prelates to engage in civil disobedience against President-Elect Donald Trump’s plans for the mass deportation of illegal immigrants.

Cardinal Roger Mahony, former archbishop of Los Angeles, who paid nearly $10 million to settle clergy sex abuse cases, said “the Church will not reveal any records” of illegal parishioners’ private information including “residence and other personal information.”

“The Church will remain vigilant if it appears that Border Patrol or other immigration authorities are making themselves present near our Churches and other Church program facilities,” Mahony told Catholic media outlet Crux in an interview published on Nov. 26. …

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