Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s critique of Fr Damien’s statue received significant backlash from Catholics and non-Catholics alike. Fr Damien was much loved in his adopted home of Hawaii and became known as a “martyr of charity” after dying from leprosy he contracted during his 11-year service to the Molokai leper colony.

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