Blame Church Officials...

...that guiding principle comes from a page in the St Stanislaus playbook.

Visa recall

Parishioners of St. Stanislaus Kostka Church were informed of yet another attempt to remove our beloved pastor, the Rev. Marek Bozek, from ministering to the people of our parish. The Springfield-Cape Girardeau diocese is attempting to recall the visa issued to Rev. Bozek, which would force him to return to Poland.

When will this stop? Will the next call be to the Department of Homeland Security to claim that Rev. Bozek brought a mysterious red liquid into this country -- sacramental wine?

Stan Rozanski
Oakville

Mr. Rozanski seems to have wasted no time in laying blame at the feet of Bishop Leibrecht.

This past February several issues were brought up regarding Bozek's immigration status - and apparently little attention was paid to them. One question pertains to the type of Visa Bozek received. If it was an R-1 (Religious worker visa) then, it appears he has overstayed his maximum allowable time in the US, which is 5 years. Whatever the case, though, it seems that Bozek immigration status remains unclear.

Not only are some criticizing Church leaders unjustifiably, such as in this Letter to the Editor of the Post Dispatch, but they are refusing to place the blame where it belongs, namely on the individual who was permitted to work in the US by the granting of a Visa (Bozek) and also the current employer (St Stanislaus Kostka Church) who, it appears, may be required to file for a Visa application to employ Bozek.

Perhaps, if some at St Stanislaus were not so quick to be disobedient to the laws of God, the Church and the State, they might not be so apt to quickly condemn others - especially those who have obligations to fulfill, such as Bishop Leibrecht and Archbishop Burke.