Cardinal Nicolas Lopez Rodriguez demanded that “authority be imposed” in the Santo Domingo’s colonial zone and called for the expulsion of homosexuals because “that sort of social vice is not needed in this historical city”, as reported by Listin Diario. “There is nothing for homosexuals here. They should stay in Europe or the United States. We don’t need that social vice, we don’t need them. I understand that this country should make a show of taking them all out of here”, said the outspoken Roman Catholic Church leader. “We cannot allow this place, the historical center of Santo Domingo, to be taken over by foreign and Dominican degenerates”, added Lopez Rodriguez.