Diocese of Palm Beach: No Public Position on Judge Approving Abortion

A Diocese of Palm Beach employee's efforts to have Juvenile Court Judge Ronald Alvarez barred from receiving Holy Communion after Alvarez ruled on a 13-year-old's abortion was an attempt to intimidate him, the judge said Friday.

Don Kazimir, director of the diocese's Respect Life Office, called Alvarez's office Wednesday, telling the judge's assistant that he was doing so on behalf of the diocese. Kazimir's call came two days after Alvarez ruled in the case of a teenager who became pregnant after running away from a state-supervised group home.

Kazimir acted on his own and wasn't following a directive, diocese spokesman Jim Brosemer said Friday. Kazimir could not be reached for comment.

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