April 19, 2021
As many Christians can attest, and as Carina Benton details here, priests across the country are kicking out parishioners for not complying with their mask mandates. Sometimes, as Father Milton Ryan did with pregnant mother Deidre Hairston after she received communion at Holy Trinity Catholic Parish in Dallas, Texas, they will even resort to having law enforcement escort them out of the building during Mass.
What’s more, many bishops fully support their priests taking such actions. In a Facebook post about the incident, Bishop Edward Burns of the Dallas Diocese stated, “Canon law grants pastors jurisdiction over their parishes, and while the bishop has not mandated masks for every parish, he has left these specific details to the pastors of the Diocese.”
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Deirdre Hairston speaks to Catholic author and podcaster Taylor Marshall on March 27, 2021. | YouTube/Taylor Marshall
A Catholic mother in Texas is speaking out after being threatened with arrest for not wearing a mask during mass.
Deirdre Hairston, who recorded a video of the incident on her phone, told Catholic author and podcaster Taylor Marshall in an interview that she had just taken communion at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Dallas and was kneeling down with her 1-year-old child when a police officer approached her and told her that the church didn t want her there and she was trespassing.
Hairston, who s also pregnant, said parish priest, Father Milton Ryan, contacted police to report that she wasn t wearing a mask, according to CBS DFW affiliate.
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