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ABC News Exclusive: Chicago Father Faces Jail for Bringing Daughter to Church
ABC News Exclusive: Chicago Father Faces Jail for Bringing Daughter to Church
Feuding, Inter-Faith Parents Test Boundaries of Religion in Family Court
By Lauren Pearle, Felicia Patinkin, Teri Whitcraft and Sunny Antrim | ABC News
Three-year-old Ela Reyes is caught in the middle of her feuding parents' divorce battle -- a private child custody fight that has erupted in a public firestorm over religion and the boundaries of faith and the law.
Joseph Reyes faces jail time for taking daughter, Ela, to a Catholic church in defiance of a temporary court order forbidding him from exposing the child to any religion but Judaism.
His estranged wife, Rebecca Reyes spoke exclusively to ABC News' Chris Cuomo about why she asked for the order and the jail time, in a case that is making national headlines. Read more.
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