Last week, Lafayette Bishop Timothy Doherty suspended Father Theodore Rothrock, the pastor of St. Elizabeth Seton Catholic parish "in the wake of Father Rothrock’s June 28 bulletin article" noting that even if he is eventually allowed to continue in priestly ministry "he will no longer be assigned as Pastor of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel" for his next mission.
In his article, Father Rothrock acknowledged that the "brutal murder of a black man in police custody has sparked a landslide of reaction to the alleged systemic racism in America" but the anger has been coopted by
...the armed wing of the Democratic Party...groups that have no real interest in the black community.
"Anyone currently doing business with Amazon could not help but notice the prominent banner headline from the internet giant touting their proud support for ’Black Lives Matter,’" he said. "But do those black lives really matter to the community organizers promoting their agenda? Is ’Antifa’ concerned with the defeat of fascist
...anybody you disagree with, damn them...
right-wing nationalism or more interested in the establishment of left-wing global socialism?"