A group of religious leaders tried once again Saturday to provide Holy Communion to detainees in the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility in Broadview and were turned away a second time, three weeks after a similar request was denied.

The Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership organized the Mass — which fell on All Saints Day, a Christian holiday to celebrate saints and a holy day of obligation for Catholics — with hopes to gain entry to the ICE facility to offer detainees communion. Organizers said they followed Department of Homeland Security protocol and formally requested access more than one week ahead of the Mass and emailed and hand-delivered a second letter on Thursday. The request was denied, according to a statement from the village of Broadview. N

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