Haitian/DR Crisis Reveals Rift in Catholic Church

We’ve all been watching the migration crisis in the Dominican Republic as that country seeks to remove individuals of Haitian descent. What you may not have know is that there is a division within the Catholic Church in Hispaniola over that migration crisis. 

As the BBC reports, Father Luc Leandre is a Catholic priest who is helping Haitian “returnees” from the DR. He calls the deportation of Haitians a “grave crisis” and does what he can to resettle those returned.

But Father Leandre notes, “The cardinal in Santo Domingo [Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez] is personally very vocal in his support for the deportations. He supported sending all the Haitians back to their country.”

-KitJ