Priest called a prostitute?
Tue, 2016-09-13 21:52
News Staff
Healthcare District protest
By G. Romero Wendorf
If people oppose the proposed Hidalgo County Healthcare District (Proposition 1) on the ballot this November, most would agree that’s their right. But is it really considered free speech to call a Catholic priest who supports it a whore? A prostitute? A puto?
There was a Catholic parish meeting two weeks ago in San Juan at St. John the Baptist that was covered by a local Valley news media outlet. The story largely centered on discord, which was the result of a man claiming to be a military vet demanding to speak against the proposed Hidalgo Count Healthcare District. The parish priest, Jerry Frank, had made it clear from the outset that the only ones in the audience who would be allowed to speak would