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Three years ago, Boston's Archbishop Richard J. Gushing suspended Father Leonard Feeney from all his functions as a Roman Catholic priest (TIME, May 2, 1949). His offense: taking literally the Catholic doctrine that "outside the church there is no salvation," i.e., insisting that everyone who is not a good Catholic will go to hell...
...Feeney also told Nicholson, a Negro. "That's a fine thing--enslaving yourself to these Jews. Is that how you expect to become white...
Later in the afternoon Holland drove his car up in front of the Center, where it was immediately surrounded by the Feeney group. Rather than risk a fight, Holland moved his car further up the street. The Feeneyits stayed in front of the Center for most of the afternoon, glowering at passers...
Arrival of a patrol car summoned by Feeney brought the disturbance to an end. A woman identified as Mrs. Clarke charged the slowly retreating students and poluted out Holland to the police officer. She claimed he had been blaspheming during the morning incident...
When the last of the mob had dispersed, the policeman returned to the station to file the complaint. The Feeney squad sat for the rest of the afternoon in the Center, staring out of the large plate glass windows...