One Rule for All: A Call for Fairness at the Choiseul Parish Cemetery

For decades, the Choiseul parish cemetery has stood as sacred ground — a place where families lay their loved ones to rest with dignity, reverence, and spiritual closure. But today, that sense of sacred fairness is under serious threat. What should be a space governed by order, compassion, and transparency has instead fallen into confusion, inconsistency, and troubling signs of favoritism.

The issue centers on the allocation of tomb spaces — a matter the Church itself previously admitted had become unmanageable due to years of poor planning. Tombs were placed haphazardly, permissions were issued spontaneously, and the cemetery evolved without a proper long-term plan. As a result, the parish administration later announced that no new tombs would be permitted moving forward. A difficult but understandable decision… if it were applied fairly.

“A cemetery is sacred ground — not a playground for favoritism.

 One rule, one standard, one people.”

But this is where the problem lies.

Despite the official policy, multiple families have been flatly denied permission to build tombs for their recently departed loved ones — while, at the very same time, other individuals are quietly being granted approval. These permissions are not publicly announced, not explained, and not justified. Yet they continue.

This selective treatment is not only unfair — it is deeply disrespectful to the grieving families who have had to navigate their loss without clarity, compassion, or consistency.

No parish should ever operate in secrecy or favoritism, especially when the matter involves the final resting place of its own people.

What’s Good for One Should Be Good for All

The Choiseul community is not asking for special treatment. Parishioners are not demanding privileges. All they are asking for is fairness — the same standard applied across the board without exception, preference, politics, or quiet backdoor decisions.

If the Church’s position is that the cemetery is full, then it must be full for everyone — not full for some and open for others.

If new tombs cannot be constructed, then no one should be allowed to build.

And if there is still space — or if certain plots can still be approved — then all parishioners must have equal access to that opportunity.

Anything less is a betrayal of trust.

A Parish Must Reflect Its People

Parishioners are the heart of the Church. They are the ones who support the parish, attend Mass, volunteer, tithe, maintain traditions, and sustain church life from generation to generation. To see their families treated unfairly in their hour of mourning is not only hurtful — it is unacceptable.

We say this with respect, but with unwavering clarity:
the administration of the Choiseul parish must correct this imbalance immediately.

• Either reinstate a fair, transparent approval process for all parishioners…

• Or stop granting permissions altogether, without exceptions, without favorites, without secrecy.

The community deserves honesty and consistency. Families deserve the right to bury their loved ones without politics or favoritism. And the Church, above all, must uphold the principles it teaches — justice, compassion, equality, and truth.

A Final Word to the Parish Administration

This message is not written out of anger, but out of commitment to fairness and love for the community. People simply want what is right: one rule for everyone. If the cemetery is closed, let it be closed for all. If space exists, let the entire parish have equal access.

Because what is good for the geese must also be good for the gander.

The people are watching.
And they are asking, respectfully but firmly, for the Choiseul parish to do the right thing.

“Justice is not justice when it applies to some and not to all. The parish must rise to the standard it preaches.”