圣路易斯总教区起诉联邦政府，要求保障神职人员探访被拘移民
圣路易斯消息——天主教圣路易斯总教区对联邦政府提起诉讼，要求保障神职人员进入拘留设施探访被拘移民的权利。据路透社报道，诉讼聚焦密苏里州圣热纳维耶夫县拘留中心（Ste. Genevieve County Detention Center）：该中心关押约150名移民被拘留者，目前仅允许每周一在四小时窗口内探访，且探访须隔着玻璃隔板、通过电话进行。
总大主教米切尔·罗赞斯基（Mitchell Rozanski）领导的总教区主张，这样的安排妨碍了告解等需要面对面进行的宗教活动，侵犯宗教自由。总教区希望法院责令拘留机构提供更合理的神职探访安排。
报道称，国土安全部否认阻挠宗教探访的指控，并表示相关安排出于安全考量。随着移民执法扩大，全国多地都出现拘留设施宗教探访权限的争议，这起诉讼的结果受到宗教团体与移民权益组织密切关注。
圣路易斯总教区是密苏里州规模最大的天主教教区，辖区覆盖圣路易斯市及周边多个县。天主教会历来把探访被囚者视为重要的慈善工作，总教区在诉状中强调，神职人员与被拘者的面谈不仅是心理慰藉，也涉及告解等圣事，隔着玻璃通话无法替代。移民权益组织对诉讼表示支持，认为探访限制是各拘留设施普遍收紧探访政策的一部分；拘留中心方面则通过国土安全部表态，称所有探访安排都兼顾了安全与被拘留者的权利。据路透社报道，案件已在联邦法院立案，双方将在后续聆讯中就探访规则的具体条款交锋，总教区同时表示，在诉讼期间将继续按现有窗口为被拘留者提供力所能及的牧灵服务。
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Archdiocese of St. Louis Sues Federal Government Over Clergy Access to Detained Immigrants
ST. LOUIS — The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis has sued the federal government over clergy access to detained immigrants. According to Reuters, the case centers on the Ste. Genevieve County Detention Center in Missouri, which holds about 150 immigration detainees; visits are currently limited to a single four-hour window on Mondays, conducted through a glass partition and by telephone.
The archdiocese, led by Archbishop Mitchell Rozanski, argues that the arrangement obstructs religious ministry such as confession, which requires in-person contact, and infringes on religious freedom. It is asking the court to order more reasonable access for clergy.
Reuters reported that the Department of Homeland Security denies blocking religious visits and says the arrangements reflect security needs. As immigration enforcement expands, disputes over religious access in detention facilities have arisen across the country, and faith and immigrant-rights groups are watching the case closely.
The Archdiocese of St. Louis is Missouri's largest Catholic diocese, covering the city and surrounding counties. Visiting the imprisoned is a longstanding work of mercy in Catholic teaching, and the archdiocese argues in its filing that clergy meetings are not only pastoral comfort but involve sacraments such as confession, which a phone call through glass cannot replace. Immigrant-rights groups welcomed the suit, calling the limits part of a broader tightening of visitation across detention facilities; the facility, through DHS, maintains its arrangements balance security with detainees' rights. Reuters reported that the case has been filed in federal court, with hearings to come on the specific visitation rules; the archdiocese said it will keep providing ministry within the existing window while the case proceeds.
Photo: Gateway Arch, St. Louis, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, Lewis Hulbert
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