Word: archbishop
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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That afternoon Father Feeney announced that he believed his present silencing was "totally invalid." There the matter rested except for a statement by the Archbishop that the headlines were no place to settle a question of doctrine...
April 13 was the Wednesday preceding Easter. The authorities of the Church were unable to answer this charge of heresy until the following Monday, as Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday intervened. Before the Archbishop could reply Father Feeney publicly supported the fired...
...Archbishop Cushing made his first public announcement on April 18. It appeared in the form of a signed decree in the Boston papers, which said in part: "Because of grave offenses against the general laws of the Catholic Church. The Rev. Leonard Feeney, S. J., has lost the right to perform any priestly functions, including preaching and teaching of religion...
...Archbishop Cushing also was "thus obliged to reveal the unhappy fact that Father Feeney has been defying the orders of his legitimate superiors for more than seven months, and since January 1 has not possessed the faculties of his archdiocese...
Four days later the Boston papers reported that Vatican authorities said Archbishop Cushing was within his rights in "silencing" Father Feeney and described the disciplinary action as valid. These same authorities described the conflict as a purely local one to be decided by local authorities (the Archbishop). In case of an appeal the matter could be decided by a congregation of the Holy Sec. But the Archbishop had already spoken, and so Father Feeney appealed the decision...