Archbishop Timothée Brogliowhich oversees the Catholic Church’s pastoral services to Catholics in the U.S. military, condemns plan to livestream firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan.
Broglioin a statement Monday, also stipulated that any Catholic soldier assigned to the U.S. military’s firing squad should ask to be excused from the task, which he called contrary to Church teachings. He joins other Catholic leaders in denouncing the death penalty and live-streaming plans.
HassanAn Army psychiatrist convicted of killing 13 people in 2009 at Fort Hood, Texas, is scheduled to be executed by firing squad on December 3.
Broglio recalled that he had presided over the funeral of Michael Grant Cahillthe only civilian killed in this attack.
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