EXCLUSIVE: Bishop Barron calls for Dodgers boycott, citing team’s support of anti-Catholic drag queen group
Bishop Robert Barron – probably the most well-known Catholic bishop within the United States – has inspired a boycott of the Los Angeles Dodgers over their relationship with an anti-Catholic drag queen troupe.
The bishop mentioned Catholics had no other recourse for exhibiting their disapproval “since the Dodgers are clearly not responding to a decent appeal to reason.”
“The Los Angeles Dodgers have made it clear to Catholics and all people of good will that they think mockery of the sacred beliefs of the Catholic Faith is something that they support and will reward with honors and commendation,” Barron instructed Fox News Digital in an unique assertion.
He added, “It’s not enough for the Catholic laity to experience a catharsis because a bishop has spoken up about this, they need to take action to let the Dodgers organization know that their position is not just disappointing, it is unacceptable”
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Bishop Robert Barron of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, middle. (Word on Fire Ministries)
Barron, who beforehand served as an auxiliary bishop in Los Angeles, posted a video to his social media Thursday lamenting the Dodgers’ choice to re-invite the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to their upcoming “Pride Night” occasion.
“Look I was an auxiliary bishop for six years in LA. I threw out the first pitch at a Dodgers game a few years ago. But I’d encourage my friends back there – boycott the Dodgers,” the prelate mentioned.
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Three Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence pose for a selfie in the course of the Gay Pride March in Paris. (Gregory Herpe/SOPA Images/LightRocket by way of Getty Images)
Barron, 62, is at present serving because the bishop of the Dioceses of Winona-Rochester in Minnesota. He additionally attracts thousands and thousands of views a month by his Word on Fire ministry.
Barron pointed to earlier performances by the group – together with one occasion wherein a drag queen pulled Jesus Christ down from the cross and commenced pole-dancing – as motive to contemplate the “Sisters” an “anti-Catholic hate group.”
Bishop Robert Barron of the Diocese of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, speaks with a pair of Catholic nuns. (Word on Fire Ministries)
“For Catholics, it’s hard to imagine anything more offensive than that,” Barron mentioned.
The Los Angeles Dodgers introduced earlier this month that they’d be honoring the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a group of “queer and trans nuns,” throughout a June 16 occasion, however shortly acquired backlash from spiritual teams for the choice given the historical past of anti-Catholic messaging and stunning performances.
After intense backlash, the group mentioned final week it might now not be honoring the group in the course of the upcoming occasion.
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That choice was walked again the following day after LA Pride announced it might now not be collaborating in Pride Night in solidarity with the drag queen nuns.
A member of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence attends a Jewish-Christian service on Christopher Street Day at St. Mary’s Church in Berlin, Germany. (Daniel Naupold/Getty Images)
“After much thoughtful feedback from our diverse communities, honest conversations within the Los Angeles Dodgers organization and generous discussions with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, the Los Angeles Dodgers would like to offer our sincerest apologies to the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, members of the LGBTQ+ community and their friends and families,” the group mentioned.
“We have asked the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence to take their place on the field at our 10th annual LGBTQ+ Pride Night on June 16. We are pleased to share that they have agreed to receive the gratitude of our collective communities for the lifesaving work that they have done tirelessly for decades,” the Dodgers introduced.
Members of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence attend a memorial service in Orlando, Florida. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
“The re-invitation was accompanied by a kind of pathetic apology where they were praised for all the great work that they do,” Barron mentioned of the Dodgers’ 180-degree flip.
Barron questioned if there could be related reward for the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence if the group was as a substitute dressed as Jewish or Islamic clerics.
“What would the reaction be?” Barron requested his viewers. “You know, those questions answer themselves. Somehow, attacking Catholics in this most disgraceful way is OK – not only OK, it should be honored.”
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The Dodgers play the Arizona Diamondbacks on opening day in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Barron is just not the one Catholic bishop to talk out strongly towards the Dodgers.
Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of the close by Archdiocese of San Francisco accused the Dodgers’ administration of “worshiping” different “gods.”
“Our Catholic sisters devote themselves to serving others selflessly. Decent people would not mock & blaspheme them. So we now know what gods the Dodger admin worships. Open desecration and anti-Catholicism is not disqualifying,” mentioned Cordileone. “Disappointing but not surprising. Gird your loins.”