I apologize he was a priest. This blurb tells me much of what I need to know about him.
Archbishop orders priest to hoist U.S. flag again
“SAN ANTONIO — A Roman Catholic priest who removed the U.S. flag from in front his church was ordered to put it back up by the archbishop.
Church members at Our Lady of Grace said the Rev. John Mannion often criticized America during sermons and kept the flag at half-staff. Last week, he removed it from the church in La Coste, 20 miles from San Antonio.
‘While I respect Father Mannion’s passion for the dignity of all life and his right to his personal position on the war, nothing is accomplished by using the flag to force that view on those who are suffering the pain and uncertainty of knowing that America’s men and women of the armed forces are in harm’s way,” Archbishop Patrick Flores said.’ “
Mannion, leader of the church since 2001, declined to comment.
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