Church members deported on retreat
Valley ministers plan meeting on situation
Yvonne Wingett

Word of the weekend deportations of members of a Phoenix church who were on a retreat near Prescott chilled Valley pastors, whose churches are filled with thousands of Hispanics and undocumented immigrants.

Pastors worry the deportations could discourage undocumented immigrants from worshiping in public and could force ministers to change the way they counsel members about their faith.

“This is telling us that maybe they won’t allow us to have religious freedom, as we like to do retreats,â€