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From the appearance of this article two years ago until the whole matter burst into the headlines on April 13, 1949, the controversy was kept a secret by Father Feeney and other Catholic officials. Recently, however, the facts of the intervening period have become known...
...Father Feeney Becomes Chaplain...
Three months after the Center became a school, the theological dispute began. Its place of origin was "From the Housetops," a quarterly magazine published by the Center since 1946, which contained contributions from Father Feeney's followers. The offending article was titled "Sentimental Theology," and it was written by Fakhri Maluf, then assistant professor of Theology at Boston College, for the September, 1947, issue...
...salvation outside the Church" theory set forth in "From the Housetops," is reported to have asked the editors of the quarterly to submit all manuscripts to the Chancery (the Archbishop's office from which he manages the affairs of the archdiocese) before publication. It is further reported that Father Feeney refused outright to submit to this censorship...
...Father Feeney accused Monsignor Augustus Hickey, of St. Paul's Church and Vicar General of the archdiocese, of ordering him in the name of the Archbishop to suspend publication of "From the Housetops." Maluf, according to Father Feeney, asked for a written order from the Archbishop to that effect along with the reason for its issuance. Monsignor Hickey reportedly left the Center never to return with the written order. The Chancery neither confirms or denies this story on the grounds that Archbishop Cushing has issued his last public statement on the matter last April...