Dallas diocese housed Ebola victim’s fiancée, family
October 22, 2014
Bishop Kevin Farrell of Dallas said that the diocese has housed the fiancée of Ebola virus victim Thomas Eric Duncan, as well as her son and two nephews, for several weeks.
The four, who had to move from their apartment while it was being decontaminated, were under quarantine for 21 days and show no signs of the virus.
According to Catholic News Service, the diocese housed the four at the request of the mayor and county judge after no other temporary residence could be found for them. The four have stayed at a retreat center, and during their quarantine, retreats and other meetings there were canceled.
“I knew that they had tried to find other places and they just couldn't find one,” said Bishop Farrell. “We help people because we are Catholic, not because they are Catholic.”
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