Submission to Anti-Catholic Sentiment Draws Threat of Legal Action in Californiahttps://www.thomasmoresociety.org/submission-to-anti-catholic-sentiment-draws-threat-of-legal-action-in-california/?utm_source=LifeSiteNews.comVentura Junipero Serra controversy: What started as massive civil unrest could become an uphill legal battle for Ventura County, California and the City of Ventura, California. Thomas More Society attorneys sent them a demand letter on August 5, 2020.
The letter warns the county executive officer and city mayor that they are displaying unconstitutional hostility to the Catholic religion and subscribing to anti-Catholic animus in removing a statue of the “Apostle of California†Fr. Junipero Serra. The statue was removed from its longstanding location outside City Hall, and officials are considering the removal of the Catholic Hispanic Saint’s image from the county seal and city police badges, thus sparking a Ventura Junipero Serra controversy that has reached national attention.
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“Instead of pushing back against this ahistorical, anti-Catholic bigotry,†the missive reports, “the City of Ventura published a letter stating that it ‘believe[d] the time has come for the [Fr. Serra] statue to be taken down and moved to a more appropriate non-public location’.â€
Mission San Buenaventura is located in the city of Ventura.
