The order was sought by his estranged wife. <\/p>\n
Reyes, who is Catholic, acknowledges he took their daughter, Ela, to Holy Name Cathedral on Jan. 17 – accompanied by a local television news crew – and that’s what landed him in trouble most recently. <\/p>\n
“This is, in her mind, more about control,” Reyes said of his estranged wife. <\/p>\n
At issue is a disputed agreement that the one-time couple would raise the girl in the Jewish faith. <\/p>\n
While Joseph Reyes said he converted to Judaism after his daughter was born, he insists he and his wife never agreed to raise the girl in the Jewish faith, that they never kept a kosher home, rarely observed the Sabbath and went to services only a few times together with the child. <\/p>\n
Reyes said the couple participated in a naming ceremony or a Jewish “welcome” ceremony for newborns “just after” their daughter was born. <\/p>\n
After the pair split, the law student decided to expose his daughter to the Catholicism he practices – and says the case goes to the heart of the Constitution: freedom of religion. <\/p>\n
While she wasn’t at the hearing and her attorneys didn’t wish to talk about the case, Rebecca Reyes – the girl’s mother – sought a temporary restraining order in December after Joseph Reyes sent her a photo of their daughter’s November baptism at Queen of Martyrs Catholic Church in Evergreen Park, according to court records. <\/p>\n
“I sent her pictures, which she took as malicious,” Reyes said, saying that sharing the photos was simply a chance to show the girl all dressed up and enjoying the occasion. <\/p>\n
Rebecca Reyes’ attorneys filed a contempt of court case against Joseph Reyes after he took the girl to the cathedral. <\/p>\n
If Joseph Reyes is found in violation of the order, he could face as much as six months in jail and a $500 fine. <\/p>\n
The couple, who met through Joseph Reyes’ boxing coach, married in 2004. <\/p>\n
After having a child, Joseph Reyes said, he converted to Judaism, but only because he felt pressured by his wife’s family. <\/p>\n
He felt torn during the marriage about whether to introduce the toddler to his religion or wait for her to discover it on her own. <\/p>\n
“Rebecca pushed me in the direction of waiting to come by it on her own,” he said, insisting again there was no agreement to raise the girl Jewish. “Maybe Rebecca decided unilaterally, but I never signed on to that.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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