The Archbishop for the Military Services USA, Archbishop Timothy Broglio, has issued a statement obliging “any Catholics assigned to the firing squad” for the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan “to request to be excused from this action contrary to the teaching of the Church.”
Mr. Hasan was condemned to death by a military court for the premeditated murder of 13 people and the attempted premeditated murder of 32 more in a mass shooting at Fort Hood in the US state of Texas.
Earlier this month, President Donald Trump approved his execution by firing squad. Subsequently, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced the execution would be livestreamed.