Indiana gov asks the Church to turn away refugee family; archbishop unsure

Interfaith Room

By Brian Slodysko
Associated Press December 2, 2015
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Gov. Mike Pence has asked the state’s Roman Catholic archbishop not to bring a Syrian refugee family into the state, Pence said Wednesday after the two met privately.

Pence spent about an hour at his Statehouse office with Indianapolis Archbishop Joseph Tobin amid a dispute over the Republican governor’s order blocking state agencies from assisting Syrian refugees in response to the deadly Paris attacks last month. One Syrian family being resettled by another refugee group was redirected to Connecticut as a result.

The meeting happened a day after the archdiocese said it had donors willing to pay for the resettlement of a Syrian refugee family expected to arrive in Indiana later this month after a two-year vetting process.

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