This week, a Roman Catholic nun filed suit against the District of Columbia, claiming that the city had refused her request for a religious exemption from the city’s demand that healthcare workers be immunized against coronavirus.
Deirdre Byrne, a physician-surgeon and former U.S. Army colonel, is also known for providing free medical care to the underprivileged and undocumented. Her charitable work is being threatened by the District of Columbia’s refusal to grant her a religious exemption from vaccination requirements.
Sister Byrne’s T-cell testing indicated that she had a built-in immunity to the coronavirus, which was discovered during the investigation. Sister Byrne has said that she has a genuine moral objection to receiving one of the three coronavirus vaccines that are now available because of the vaccine’s link with abortion.
According to Byrne, a lawsuit was filed on March 9, 2022, in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia against the district’s mayor, Muriel Bowser, its health department’s director, LaQuandra Nesbitt, and the District of Columbia itself. Bowser, the district’s mayor, and LaQuandra Nesbitt were both named in the lawsuit.
Sister Byrne, a Little Workers of the Sacred Heart missionary sister who also serves as the congregation’s superior, directs the community in Washington, DC. She also has dual qualifications from the American Board of Surgery, as a general surgeon and as a family physician, respectively.
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According to Christopher Ferrara of the Thomas More Society, Sister Deirdre declined to provide a religious exemption from the DC health worker COVID-19 vaccine mandate because of her Catholic faith. “All three COVID-19 vaccines approved in the United States were made using cell lines derived from abortions, which Sister Deirdre vehemently opposes spiritually,” according to the article.
To prevent an unjustified prohibition on a religious sister who has committed her professional life in the District of Columbia to assist the sick who cannot afford adequate medical treatment, Judge Ferrara will be required.
Sister Byrne told Fox News host Laura Ingraham on Thursday that she had kept 400 coronavirus patients out of the hospital over the previous week.
According to an unsigned email from DC|Health, Byrne’s religious exemption request was denied owing to “undue hardship.” Sister Byrne had five days to be vaccinated, or else she would lose her license to practice medicine.
Since DC|Health does not employ Sister Deirdre, the Thomas More Society cannot be legally injured as a result of Byrne’s volunteer medical assistance.
Ferrara pointed out that, despite several petitions, DC|Health seems to have refused to provide religious exemptions from the vaccine requirement despite repeated requests.