NEWARK (NJ)
The Star-Ledger
By Eric Sagara/The Star-Ledger
on January 06, 2013
NEWARK — More than 100 Catholics converged on the Basilica Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Newark today, calling it their modern day Jericho.
Their plan was to circle the towering church near the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark seven times, hoping to bring down what they say is a wall of silence around the decision to dismiss a monsignor and three priests from their parish in Elizabeth.
Instead of a horn, they carried signs declaring their support of the priests at St. Mary of Assumption Church and a list of questions they want Archbishop John Myers to answer.
“That’s the one thing that makes us upset,” said Maritsa Jaramillo, a St. Mary’s parishioner from Rahway. “He has to have time to talk to his people.
“He’s thinking as a corporation,” she said. “He’s not thinking as a human being.”
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