“The Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia values its relationship with the Jewish community,' Archbishop Borys Gudziak said in a statement announcing the plan.
The leader of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in the Philadelphia region said on Tuesday that the church would temporarily cover up a 30-year-old cemetery monument in Montgomery County that is dedicated to a unit of Ukrainian soldiers who fought for Nazi Germany during World War II.described the history of the monument at St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Cemetery in Elkins Park.
Borys Gudziak, the Archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia said in a statement Tuesday that the church has decided to “temporarily cover the monument in question while our discussions ensue with the community in order to prevent vandalism and with the goal of conducting an objective dialogue with sensitivity to all concerned.”For 30 years, a memorial to Nazi collaborators sat largely unnoticed just outside Philadelphia. Now it’s drawing outrage.
The cemetery is owned by the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, near Northern Liberties, which functions as the primary church for the archeparchy. Veterans association records indicate that the church apparently approved the memorial, donated land for its creation, and dispatched clergy to consecrate the monument about 30 years ago.
Jewish groups and some historians say that honoring SS Galizien today risks whitewashing the war crimes of the Nazi regime and its collaborators.
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