On the West Coast of the U.S., most Catholic parishes bend over backwards to serve Spanish-speaking Catholics. It would be foolhardy to do otherwise, since such a large proportion of Catholics on the West Coast are of Hispanic ancestry. Most parishes have Spanish Masses, and and priests ordained in the last two or three decades have been required to learn Spanish.

But there are slights and misunderstandings and insults at times. That happens every time humans get together, and more often when there are language and cultural barriers. You can either make issues out of them and use them as "proof" that others are horrible people, or you can talk things over and work things out.

When I was in another parish, we had a deaf sacristan who would close and lock everything and put everything away and turn out the lights, seemingly unaware that the Spanish-speaking people were arriving for the Spanish Mass and this was sending signals that there were unwelcome. I suspect that the sacristan was not innocent in this. He didn't seem to think it was his job to have a welcoming attitude. Anyhow, that problem was solved with the intervention of the pastor.

But we still don't know the priest's side of the story in the incident that started this thread. Obviously, there was a misunderstanding, and some people got their feelings hurt - but that's about all we know.

-Joe-