opposition to the student center, which he said has caused a "hostile atmosphere" in the Laredo diocese. No other college or university has faced such a denial. Jackson claims that 99 percent of the clergy in the Laredo diocese favors the project. Meanwhile, Father Robert L. Kincl, a former judicial vicar for the diocese, announced that he would mail thirty letters opposing Tamayo's position to The Vatican. In 2002, a priest from New York City was arrested in Laredo on rape charges out of New York. The district attorney of Kings County in New York said that the Diocese of Laredo was "less than satisfactory" in cooperating with law enforcement. Tamayo did not explain the circumstances under which the priest had left the Diocese of Laredo. See also Catholic Church hierarchy Catholic Church in the United States Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States List of Catholic bishops of the United States Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops References External links The Diocese of Laredo website Episcopal succession 1949 births Living people Roman Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of San Antonio People from Laredo, Texas People from Houston Religious leaders from Texas People from Brownsville, Texas Catholics from Texas 21st-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States