Man Charged After Gun Incident at Albuquerque Church Following Mosque Dispute

Man charged after gun incident at Albuquerque church following mosque dispute

A man faces charges after police say he threatened a priest and church staff member with a gun during a confrontation tied to a proposed Islamic mosque in Albuquerque.

‘He presented a gun’: Dispute over Islamic mosque turns violent at New Mexico Catholic parish

A weekslong quarrel involving a local resident in Albuquerque ended with a suspect arrested on two felony charges, according to a local priest. [...]

CAIR Welcomes Assault Charges for Threat Targeting New Mexico Catholic Priest Who Supported Proposed Mosque

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the filing of assault charges against an individual accused of threatening a New Mexico Catholic priest who publicly supported the proposed construction of a mosque in Albuquerque’s North Valley. That alleged threat targeted a Catholic priest who had spoken out in support of the Muslim community’s constitutional ri…

Dispute over Islamic mosque turns violent at New Mexico Catholic parish

A public dispute over the construction of an Islamic mosque in Albuquerque, New Mexico, boiled over into violence earlier this month when a local resident reportedly drew a gun during an altercation with an employee of a Catholic parish. Father Vincent Paul Chávez, the pastor of the Shrine of the Little Flower St. Therese of the Infant Jesus Parish in Albuquerque, told EWTN News that the violent incident on July 22 came after several weeks of te…