Churches Urged to Apply for Federal Anti-Terror Funds as Hate Crimes Rise
Churches Urged to Apply for Federal Anti-Terror Funds as Hate Crimes Rise February 17, 2021 Retired Auxiliary Bishop Octavio Cisneros shows how thieves broke into the rectory at Holy Child Jesus Church in 2019. (Photo: Jorge I. Dominguez-Lopez) WINDSOR TERRACE — “Religion is a basic American value. But it is under attack. There is a rise in hate crimes,” Congresswoman Grace Meng told religious leaders at a grant workshop she hosted on Feb. 10. Churches are eligible to receive U.S. government funds to beef up security measures under an anti-terror grant program run by the Federal ...
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