Archdiocese trying to stem 'raids' rumors

Maryangela Layman Roman reported in our Catholic Herald that half those in attendance at Mass at St. Adalbert and Prince of Peace heard that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were about.

"To the best of our knowledge, they appear to be rumors," wrote Fr. [archdiocesan vicar for Hispanic Ministry Robert X.] Stiefvater. "Both Pedro Martinez (archdiocesan coordinator of Hispanic Pastoral Services) and I have gone to the places where these were alleged to have taken place -- Laundromats, stores and southside Milwaukee churches -- and have found nothing."