Florida Methodist Church Lights Candle for Kilmar Abrego Garcia on Easter

A far-left pastor of a Florida United Methodist Church lit a candle wrapped in barbed wire in honor of accused MS-13 gang member and alleged wife beater Kilmar Abrego Garcia during his Easter Sunday service, saying the United States government “kidnapped” him.

The sermon was given by Rev. Andy Oliver of Allendale United Methodist Church in St. Petersburg, where he compared the El Salvadoran illegal alien to one of the criminals who were crucified alongside Jesus Christ before his Resurrection:

“We continue to pray for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who the Supreme Court has ordered must be returned home after our government unlawfully kidnapped him,” Oliver said.

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Jesus declared, ‘The truth will set you free.’ So God, make every government official tell the truth — that these detention centers have more in common with concentration camps than with prisons.

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A review of Allendale United Methodist Church’s Facebook page revealed a trove of far-left agenda-pushing, including a photo of their welcome sign stating “RESURRECTION ISN’T A METAPHOR — IT IS A JAILBREAK. FREE IMMIGRANTS NOW”:

Rev. Oliver has also directed illegal aliens on how to evade Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, speaking at a St. Petersburg council meeting with an “ABOLISH ICE” shirt and projecting an “ABOLISH ICE” message on the side of his church building:

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