Timothy Cardinal Dolan wrote an op-ed to The New York Post January 5, decrying the defacement of St. Patrick Cathedral on New Year’s Day. In a photo shown in this editorial, a protester is seen spraying “ACAB” (All cops are bastards) on what Cardinal Dolan called “America’s parish church”, after a confrontation with a police officer.
St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Manhattan is not just the mother church of the Archdiocese of New York, but is beloved by people of all faiths, the cardinal said.
He quotes a woman who emailed him, saying, “As a woman from The Bronx e-mailed me to say: “Cardinal Dolan, it’s time we learn from our Jewish and Islamic neighbors. A synagogue or mosque is defaced, and they are quick to condemn it. The governor and the mayor would join in. They’re right.”
