The Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church told ABC News this week that it’s “unfathomable” for the sect to help resettle a group of less than sixty refugees from South Africa after the Trump administration requested the church provide assistance.
Episcopal Church Bishop Sean Rowe says his church won't assist in resettling White South African refugees fleeing persecution because they have a "long commitment to racial justice and reconciliation" and "it's not in line with anything we're about."pic.twitter.com/0Lu8MwORxl
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The move ends the Episcopal Migration Ministries’ four decades-long partnership with the U.S. government.
The abrupt ending of the church’s relationship with the government came in response to Bishop Sean Rowe claiming there is a “moral” issue with the Afrikaners being labeled refugees.
“The reality is we can’t be ourselves in the Episcopal Church and take this step of resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa,” Rowe stated. “Our church has a long commitment to racial justice and reconciliation and we have historic ties with the Anglican Church of South Africa…”
The bishop claimed helping resettle white Afrikaners is not in line with the church’s morals and expressed sadness that other “brave” foreigners from around the world are being denied refugee status.
Speaking with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Rowe doubled down on his stance, telling viewers the church doesn’t view the “white Afrikaners from South Africa” as “the most vulnerable” people Jesus called Christians to help.
“We’re told to care for the poor and the vulnerable. And, we’re gonna follow that. And, I don’t think that’s crazy, I think it’s principal,” he added.
Responding to the Trump administration accusing the church of putting politics ahead of those in need, Rowe said, “I agree, it should be about need! And, as you’ve reported, look at the thousands of people fleeing war and violence, people who are waking up dead around the world…”
Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe defends his refusal to resettle South African refugees: “This is really about people who have jumped the line.”
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"We can't be ourselves as the church, as the people that Jesus has called us to—which is the most vulnerable—and take the… pic.twitter.com/D5yzyE3Mva
Rowe went on to allege the Afrikaners are jumping the immigration line while failing to acknowledge the fact that they’re having their land stolen and are being murdered for their skin color.
South Africa’s communist Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party leader Julius Malema recently told a reporter, “We’ve not called for the killing of white people, at least for now,” and called anyone who complains about that inflammatory statement “cry babies.”
Also discussing the small number of South African refugees entering the U.S., former Obama State Department official Rick Stengel argued on MSNBC that the Afrikaners don’t deserve assistance because their ancestors participated in apartheid.
Stengel said, “The Afrikaners have become the darling of right-wing, white supremacist movements around the world,” and dismissed the notion that they’re being dispossessed of their land, saying, “There’s no injustice here.”
Rick Stengel on MSNBC says white Afrikaners should be punished for the sins of their forebears. The notion of collective guilt is, ultimately, a theological notion that rests on nothing other than a determination to punish your enemies forever. pic.twitter.com/rjZUeWEIab
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“He admits the Afrikaners didn’t do anything wrong personally, but says they need to be punished anyway,” pointed out journalist Jack Posobiec.
Meanwhile, as noted by Capital Research Center journalist Parker Thayer, the Episcopal Church assisted thousands of people in 2024 while raking in more than $50 million from the Biden administration.
The left is again stoking racial division – this time over a minuscule group of white refugees while promoting the nation being flooded with unvetted criminals from all over the world.
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