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Bishop Dorick Wright - Leader, Catholic Churches In Belize
"From I was small I've been hearing about this Guatemalan claim. I don't know if it was ever done to land before, but they were claiming. But its something I think they enjoy hanging over our heads. I don't care for it. It's going to hurt us in the end."

When the Bishop was asked about his opinion of going to the ICJ, he said that he will choose to trust that the Civilian leaders have the country's best interests at heart:

Bishop Dorick Wright - Leader, Catholic Churches In Belize
"We heard so many things about the ICJ. I am not certain I know which, because I've heard some say if we go we will lose and some say if we go we will win. Some say we shouldn't go because they have no right to make decisions for us. Others say that decision has been already made, so if all that is true then I don't think we should go. If that decision was made at Independence, maybe we should not go. But I leave it up to the government and hope that in their prudence, they will make the right decision. But I really would not like them to just run into this. Listen to everybody and see what can be a sensible decision that can be made."

"I imagine most of us Roman Catholics in Belize are Belizeans and I suspect that somewhere along the line, it will be asked of us to make a statement or show our support. I support in a quiet way the move for them to leave us alone. Let us flourish as a country. Ask God to prosper the work of our hands in this country, but please leave us alone. No need for us to invade each other. When Pope John Paul II was in Guatemala for the Canonization of Hermano Pedro Bethancourt, he was consulted by our diplomats and he had suggested that we work things out peacefully, that the days are over when we do not invade one another and we do not attacked one another, but work things out peacefully with one another and I would suggest that that is the best way, so long as advantage is not taken of us or we take advantage of the Guatemalans."