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.