VA chaplains in Massachusetts told not to mention slain nurse Alex Pretti

By: Frederick Clarkson

Outlets: Minnesota Reformer

Published: February 10, 2026

Words: 896

Last Updated: 1 week, 2 days ago

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Reprinted with permission from Good Faith Media.

Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse at a veterans hospital in Minneapolis, was killed by officers of the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol last month. He is being memorialized nationwide, but chaplains at Veterans Affairs facilities in Massachusetts have been barred from mentioning his name.

Chaplains of all faiths were told “not to mention VA nurses at all, let alone the name Alex Pretti, at worship or …

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