Priest Takes Race Protest Into 'Exile': Differences With Cardinal Told at Parish Farewell PRIEST

Priest Takes Race Protest Into 'Exile': Differences With Cardinal Told at Parish Farewell PRIEST

Coffield, John (1914-2005)
1964 California Proposition 14
Housing discrimination
Racism
Religion

Newspaper article discussing the December 27, 1964 announcement of 49-year-old Roman Catholic priest John V. Coffield at a Los Angeles area farewell gathering stating that he would go into "self-imposed exile" as "the strongest protest" he could make against Los Angeles archdiocesan policies stipulating silence concerning racism. Rev. Coffield, who had served as pastor of Ascension Catholic Church in Los Angeles, publicly opposed California Proposition 14, which allowed for housing discrimination on ethnic grounds. Prior to serving at Ascension, Coffield had served for seven years at Our Lady of Guadalupe Mission, 11359 Coffield Ave, in El Monte.

Dan Thrapp, Los Angeles Times Religion Editor

ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles Times

1964-12-28

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