We're not at a point in time to be taking chances with children and young people in the church. The Holy Father himself said... there is no room in the priesthood or religious life for someone who has abused a child. I think he's right.

Any society, any nation, is judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members - the last, the least, the littlest.

I'm very close to the pro-life movement.

The church also does not condone a broken immigration system in the U.S., one that too easily can lead to the exploitation, abuse and even death of immigrants.

Immigration should be enforced in a proportional and humane manner.

It appears fashionable these days, and almost politically correct, to blame hard-working immigrants, especially those from Mexico and Central America, for the social and economic ills of our state and nation.

Canon law itself says for one case of guilt, a priest can be dismissed from the clerical state. One.