In Sermon, Minnesota Pastor Calls Muslims a ‘Threat’
LONSDALE (AP) -- A civil rights group is calling on Roman Catholic church leaders to reject a sermon in which a Minnesota priest described Islam as a threat to the U.S. and Christianity.
The Rev. Nick VanDenBroeke is pastor of the Church of the Immaculate Conception in the small town of Lonsdale. He said during a Jan. 5 sermon that large numbers of Muslims should not be allowed to seek asylum or immigration to the U.S.
The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations on Wednesday called on church leaders to repudiate the sermon.
St. Paul-Minneapolis Archbishop Bernard Hebda said all who believe in God must work together to banish every form of discrimination and intolerance.
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