A fired Catholic school teacher was struggled violently on the ground and placed in handcuffs after he stormed the pulpit of a Kansas church to pray for migrants.
Jimbo Gillcrrist was planning to share his own version of our father prayer shortly before the 11 -hour mass in the Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Overland Park on March 23, according to the Kansas City star.
His goal was to speak out against the massive deportation efforts of Donald Trump.
But shortly after he got to the pulpit to the church in which he grew up, Gillcrrist was stopped by four parishioners – including a deacon.
The group then marched him out of the church and Gillcrrist was fascinated by the police and interviewed in the back of a police vehicle.
In dramatic audio of the incident, one church visitor could even be heard whether someone was armed – to which two parishioners answered that their weapons were in the car.
“I thought the worst that could happen, maybe they would try to close me out and ask me to leave,” Gillcrist said the star in the aftermath.
“I did not think in any way that I would be tackled in a church.”
Jimbo Gillcrrist was tackled and thrown out of the church where he grew up on March 23 by four parishioners – including a deacon. Deacon John Williams is depicted during Mass
Allegedly Gillcrrists stormed the pulpit shortly before the 11 -hour mass (photo)
Gillcrrist had just started his prayer when a priest approached him and told him, “Come with me.”
The priest could then be heard that they had to tell the employees 'to eliminate the sound', before he directed his attention with Gillcrist and told him, “Brother that you should leave.”
Sounds of a scuffle could then be heard, after which someone could hear Gillcrrist tell to “stay still,” promises him, “We're not going to hurt you.”
“You have already used violence against me in a church,” Gillcrrist, a former ethical teacher, returned.
At that time, the crowd accused him of violation – to which he replied that he is a baptized Catholic visiting church.
He was then told 'It's inappropriate', and when Gillcrrist tried to clarify whether they meant it was inappropriate to pray: 'they answered' there is a suitable moment. '
“It's the right time,” Gillcrrist shouted.
“No, you have to listen to your authorities, what your predecessor is,” one of the parishioners tells him before he leads him out of the church building.
Gillcrrist only raised his voice when he was led out of the building and told the congregation to keep your neighbor as yourself! And who is my neighbor? '
He was thrown out of the Catholic Church of the Holy Spirit in Overland Park, Kansas, fascinated and thrown into the back of a police vehicle
When the police arrived on the spot, an officer could be heard to ask those who marched if he did 'something physical', according to the star.
One of the tacklers then claimed that “he pushed our priest off the stairs, but he didn't fall or” claims which Gillcrist strongly denied.
But when a second agent arrived in the church, he asked: “Is he the one who pushed the priest? Put it in handcuffs. '
The former teacher remained in the police vehicle when the officers then started asking him questions about what happened.
“They tried to pull me away from the pulpit. I grabbed the pulpit and just held. I didn't push anyone, “he kept full.
“They had four boys who grab me and then drag me away.”
At that time, the police asked Gillcrrist why he wanted to preach.
“I am worried about people, our brothers and sisters who live in our midst and are the target by the government,” he answered, later clarified that he referred to “immigrants without papers.”
In the remarks that Gillcrrist shared on X, he intended that God's Kingdom is not one of 'boundaries and permanent rich and flags and exclusion'.
He would also have insisted on congregants to 'forgive' those who are 'not only' forgiven ', but also to' open our arms in the true sense of the word and welcome them 'to cure their trauma.
Gillcrrist had tried to speak out against the massive deportations of President Donald Trump
The comments would continue with Gaza and Ukraine.
“They are our brothers and sisters,” he told the police about his decision to mention the two war zones.
“If we stop seeing people that way, it is so easy to make laws or to make policy that damages them,” he argued.
Eventually another officer said that he had spoken with the predecessor and agreed that Gillcrrist would not be accused of a misconduct for now “but if you return here, you will be accused of violation.”
However, this is not the first time that the former Catholic school teacher was confronted with a recoil for his opinions.
He was previously arrested in 2020 during a Black Lives Matter protest, and in November he was released from the Rockhurst High School after he told the students that they have a moral obligation to stand up against deportations, De Ster reported.
He said at the time that when you vote for a candidate who promises promising massive deportations', you become an accomplice in the violation of human rights of the asylum seeker and the refugees. “
However, it is against school policy to talk about politics in the classroom.
Dailymail.com has contacted church officials for comment.
