When Archbishop Hying Says He's "Pro-Life" He's Lying

The recent rejection of the challenge to California's limit on the numbers of people who can attend a church service is hardly over, the far right Thomas More syndicate and it's millionaire and billionaire funders are going to keep bringing challenges so they can spread Covid in churches in the name of religious liberty - it's an election year publicity stunt as transparent as Trump holding a bible upside down for the cameras.  And, no doubt, they will do so on the basis of the First Amendment's ridiculously vague language - the more you see how that is used to promote fascism, the more obvious it is that Madison and his henchmen were up to no good in their framing of it.  Either that or they were a lot stupider and far worse lawyers than they are generally held to be. 

But they're not alone, the right-wing clergy and hierarchy are right in there with them on it.  The Archbishop of that most annoyingly mis-identified "liberal" bastion of Madison Wisconsin is teaming up with another rich guy front legal gang to make a new change to it.  Here, from a right-wing Catholic news agency. 

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 4, 2020 / 12:30 pm MT (CNA).- The Bishop of Madison says a lawsuit against Dane County and the city of Madison may be needed to ensure the Church can serve the people of the diocese during the reopening phase of the coronavirus pandemic. 

“I don’t want to fight with anybody, but at the same time I think that there is a religious liberty issue here that we need to stand on in principle,” Bishop Donald Hying of Madison told CNA in an interview on Wednesday evening. 

Attorneys from the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, acting for the diocese, sent a 17-page letter to Dane County officials and the mayor of Madison on Wednesday, June 3, threatening to file suit against the city and county if additional restrictions placed on houses of worship are not lifted by Friday, June 5. 

And on the day that that gangster in a miter set as his deadline, what does a center-right Catholic news outfit post but what you can expect if the Madison Donny gets his way.

BERLIN - German authorities say a Catholic priest who came into contact with many people during church services in several cities has tested positive for the COVID-19 virus.

The dpa news agency reported Friday that health authorities in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania said the priest was involved in services in Demmin, Stralsund and Grimmen, among other places.

Regional church authorities said on their website that all church services in Demmin and Stralsung were being called off until June 21 while authorities seek out anyone who had contact with the priest. So far one other person has tested positive for the virus and many others are still awaiting the results.

Results for 130 tests are expected by Saturday at the latest and so far 12 people have been told to isolate themselves at home as a precaution.

The dissent to John Roberts' unusual show of responsibility in issuing the rejection by the pro-Covid lobby was written by none other than Catholic prep-Ivy perjurer and sex criminal, Brett Kavanaugh joined in by two of the others identified as Catholic - at least for purposes of confirmation,  Gorsuch and Thomas.  I don't remember what I read Alito and don't feel inclined to check on it.  

The bishops elevated and appointed by John Paul II and Benedict XVI are some of the worst, least moral, least Christian in the modern history of the Catholic church, those two disastrously bad pastors of the Church are matched by such pastors as Hying who will make common cause with outright fascists to get their flock killed.  Why Francis moved him to Madison instead of somewhere he couldn't do much damage, I'll never figure out.  My guess is he had a full plate and relied on the US Catholic Conference to advise him.   I would hope that he will do something to get such jerks out of positions of influence before more people get killed by them and their legal arm.