July 24, 2019
Greetings Father Lucas and Reverend Martel and Pastoral Council:

Respectfully, I please request that you remove anti-ICE literature from narthex of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church. Stacks of anti-ICE literature have been in the narthex for on the order of one year….

The object and intention of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions, when evaluated morally, are seen to be very good. The object of ICE actions is to help safeguard the American public from dangerous people and materials. Same-sex activity, for example, is intrinsece malum, intrinsically evil, malum in se, evil in itself, a mortal sin, and may never be done. The act of enforcing border security in America, however, is no more intrinsece malum than it is in the wall surrounding the Vatican itself….

What America owes to citizens of the United States is not equal to what America owes to the whole world. The population of the world is nine billion. America does not have enough money to help all humans….

Again, respectfully, I please request that you remove anti-ICE literature from narthex of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church.

In Christ,
John P. Conricode
King City

Oct. 2, 2019
Dear Bishop Garcia:
Respectfully, I request that you remove anti-ICE literature from the narthex of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, King City. Stacks of anti-ICE literature have been in the narthex for on the order of one year. There is a distinction between legal immigration and illegal immigration. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol perform the vital task of securing our border, without which there is no nation.

Please find enclosed my letter of July 24, 2019 to St. John the Baptist Catholic Church.

Respectfully yours in Christ,
John P. Conricode

Nov. 1, 2019
Dear Mr. Conricode:

….The information provided at St. John the Baptist Church merely advises parishioners of their rights under the United states Constitution. These are the same rights that we all enjoy, to be free of searches and seizures unless law enforcement has a warrant signed by a judge. These are not anti-ICE, but pro-constitutional rights literature. There is nothing in these documents that suggests that parishioners disobey lawful process….
Most Reverend Daniel E. Garcia
Bishop of Monterey

Nov. 12, 2019
Dear Bishop Garcia:

Thank you for informing me that your parish narthexes are venues for addressing Constitutional issues for parishioners. Respectfully, I therefore trust that you will similarly advise parishioners, in your narthexes, that illegal immigration to the United States is in direct contradiction of the Constitution of the United States. Immigration law is not only just, it is also a Constitutionally enumerated authority granted to Congress.

Therefore, in keeping with your mission to address Constitutional issues for parishioners, in your narthexes, I respectfully request that you also distribute the Constitutional flyer shown here.

Respectfully yours in Christ,
John P. Conricode

Nov. 16, 2019

From Jeff Gorman, another layman in the Monterey diocese:
Interesting for me to see your letter, as I recently paid a visit to San Carlos Cathedral, where I saw the attached posted on the bulletin board. An obvious appeal to emotion, undermining the enforcement of law.

Many weeks ago, I sent a letter to Bishop Daniel Garcia and I did not receive a reply. So you are ahead of me. It appears he had plausible deniability about what, exactly, is being advocated in your church, there in King City. Your second letter certainly makes it plain.

Conricode-letters
Anti-ICE Flyer
Garcia letter
SanCarlos
Proposed Constitutional Announcement