His specific interests in research are the psychology and sociology of violence, war and genocide and their effects on women and children; the rights and safety of LGBT+ citizens in the U.S. and in other nations; the various means of healing from trauma and moral injury. Fr. Garcia is an alumnus of the Catholic University of Louvain (K.U.L.) He commuted between the U.S. and Belgium for twenty-three years and frequently visited the Democratic Republic of Congo between 1974 and 2001.