Jack Jenkins on Twitter: "Just spoke with Rev. Gerbasi. She told me that law enforcement with shields forced priests, others *off the church patio,* meaning they stepped on church property to expel people from it. As she put it: "They turned holy ground into a battle ground." Story coming."

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Jack Jenkins‏Verified account @jackmjenkins Jun 1

1. Spoke w/Bishop Mariann Budde of the Washington Diocese. On Trump's remarks: "Everything he has said is antithetical to the teachings of our traditions and what we stand for as a church." ALSO: One of those driven out w/tear gas for the photo op was a *priest of the diocese.*

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Jack Jenkins‏Verified account @jackmjenkins Jun 1

2. She read me a message sent to her by that priest, who was offering hospitality to protesters: "I was literally coughing bc of tear gas while helping ppl ... and the police drove us off ... w/riot gear and horses so that man could stand in front of our church with a Bible."

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Jack Jenkins‏Verified account @jackmjenkins Jun 1

Found another account from what appears to be one of the priests who was there, via Facebook. Really harrowing stuff to read.pic.twitter.com/5e1HBiYiwd

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Jack Jenkins‏Verified account @jackmjenkins Jun 1

ANOTHER harrowing account from ANOTHER priest working outside St. John’s who says they were run off by tear gas, etc before Trump’s photo op. Ends with a defiant decree: “I am now a force to be reckoned with.”pic.twitter.com/d9YXAYfS1D

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Jack Jenkins‏Verified account @jackmjenkins Jun 1

Just spoke with Rev. Gerbasi. She told me that law enforcement with shields forced priests, others *off the church patio,* meaning they stepped on church property to expel people from it. As she put it: "They turned holy ground into a battle ground." Story coming.

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1. Jack Jenkins‏Verified account @jackmjenkins Jun 2
  Full story of the incident, including @GiniGerbasi's account:https://religionnews.com/2020/06/02/ahead-of-trump-bible-photo-op-police-forcibly-expel-priest-from-st-johns-church-near-white-house/ …
  
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