LA CROSSE â In response to âdisturbing reportsâ about COVID-19 misinformation from the La Crosse Tribune and the Associated Press, the grassroots Christian organization Faithful America on Tuesday launched a new petition calling on La Crosse Catholic Bishop William Callahan to permanently remove Fr. James Altman from all parish ministry.
The petition is expected to gather at least 10,000 signatures. A previous Faithful America petition surpassed 25,0000 signatures asking Bishop Callahan to rebuke Altman for a 2020 sermon titled, âYou cannot be Catholic & a Democrat. Period.â
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On Palm Sunday, Altman preached that COVID-19 health guidelines are âgodless, Nazi-esque controls,â telling parishioners, âGod damns every single one of those godless moves.â He also said Dr. Anthony Fauciâs support for masks âis damnable in the hottest fires of hell.â
Fr. James Altman, pastor at St. James the Less Catholic Church in La Crosse, Wis., is seen in his YouTube video. In the clip he attacks Catholics who are Democrats. (CNS/YouTube screen grab)
La Crosse, Wis. A priest in La Crosse has been ignoring COVID-19 gathering restrictions at his masses while warning people that vaccines are useless and anyone who imposes virus-related protocols will burn in the lowest, hottest levels of hell.
The La Crosse Tribune reported April 25 that it had obtained a photo of Fr. James Altman presiding over a crowded Easter service at St. James the Less Catholic Church. The picture shows at least 50 people crowded into the first five rows of pews. They don t appear to be wearing masks.
Priest Says COVID Rules Enforcers Will Burn in Hottest Levels of Hell
On 4/27/21 at 6:14 AM EDT
A priest in La Crosse, Wisconsin had called COVID-19 safety measures godless and Nazi-esque controls, while the church s recent bulletin offers criticism of vaccines.
Father James Altman of St. James the Less Catholic Church ignored COVID protocols at a recent Easter mass, according to the
La Crosse Tribune and spoke out against rules designed to arrest the spread of the virus.
In a video posted to one of the priest s YouTube accounts on April 5, a large number of parishioners line up for communion the newspaper estimated around 170 people many of whom received the sacrament in their mouths instead of their hands, while many were also not wearing facemasks.
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LA CROSSE, Wis. A priest in La Crosse has been ignoring COVID-19 gathering restrictions at his masses while warning people that vaccines are useless and anyone who imposes virus-related protocols will burn in the lowest, hottest levels of hell.
The La Crosse Tribune reported Sunday that it had obtained a photo of the Rev. James Altman presiding over a crowded Easter service at St. James the Less Catholic Church. The picture shows at least 50 people crowded into the first five rows of pews. They don t appear to be wearing masks.