Why they came: The Catholics who rallied for a deposed bishop

Catholics in Baltimore prayed with Bishop Joseph Strickland outside a USCCB meeting. Here's what they said.

While the U.S. bishops’ conference met Wednesday for their annual plenary meeting in Baltimore, dozens of Catholics gathered outside the conference hotel, to pray a rosary with the recently deposed Bishop Joseph Strickland, who was removed Saturday from leadership of the Diocese of Tyler, Texas.

Bishop Joseph Strickland confers a blessing Nov. 15, outside the autumn meeting of the U.S. bishops' conference. Credit: Pillar Media.

While Strickland was removed from his diocesan post by Pope…