New Orleans Congressional Race Gets Nasty - Vietnamese Catholics and Priest Attacked!!

Good grief I think Cedric Richmond just stepped into it big this time I think. See Mary Queen of Viet Nam CDC demands apology from state Rep. Cedric Richmond

THIS PART is going to get the Archdiocese of New Orleans UPSET!!

Richmond during the televised forum asked Cao to respond to "the money going to Mary Queen of Vietnam being missing and Father Vien (Nguyen) being removed?"
In his response, Cao ignored Richmond's charge of missing money. But Tuan Nguyen, the agency's deputy director, flatly denied the claims a prepared statement issued late Monday.
"Mr. Richmond alleges that Rev. Nguyen embezzled funds that Rep. Cao appropriated to MQVN CDC to develop a community health clinic. These allegations are not only unsubstantiated, but simply not true," said Nguyen, who is not related to the former pastor of the Roman Catholic parish that shares its name with the development corporation.
"Since Mr. Richmond made his point in public, it would only be fair for him to publicly provide substantiated evidence to his allegations," he said. "This is a serious matter and so is our community, which should not be compromised for the benefit of any one's political interest."
Officials of the development agency will hold a news conference this afternoon to demand an apology and a written retraction from Richmond...

Meanwhile, an e-mail message sent Thursday to a Cao aide by an official in the federal Health Resources and Services Administration indicates that none of the federal money allocated for the community development corporation had yet been drawn down.
A spokeswoman for the Archdiocese of New Orleans said that Vien Nguyen was removed this year after seven years as pastor of Mary Queen of Vietman Catholic Church because his expertise was needed in the Tribunal Office and because the archbishop prefers not to keep priests in the same assignment for extended periods of time. .........