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More than fifty people, most of them Harvard and Radcliffe students, gathered outside St. Benedict Center between 8 and 8:30 p.m. last night to hear the Rev. Leonard Feeney, S. J., but were turned away by Fr. Feeney himself...
Shortly after, approximately fifteen people were admitted to the Center. Thursday is the regular night for Fr. Feeney's public lecture and meeting. A sign on the door of the Center announced, "Closed to the Public, open only to members of the school." Students of the College who attempted to get in before the arrival of Fr. Feeney were turned away at the door...
...Fr. Feeney was removed from his priestly functions, according to Archbishop Cushing's decree, because of his "grave offense against the laws of the Catholic Church." The offense was not cited, but last week Fr. Feeney publicly supported three Boston College lay faculty members who, like Karam, accused the Jesuit college of teaching "heresy...
...Fr. Feeney said Tuesday "the reason I am being silenced is because I believe there is no salvation outside the Catholic Church without personal submission to our Holy Father, the Pope, and Archbishop Cushing believes there is ... I believe the present silencing of me is totally invalid." This is the same doctrinal stand taken by the ousted BC professors, and by Karam's article in "From the Housetops...
...manner in which Fr. Feeney has been "defying his superiors" has not been disclosed, but both Harvard and Radcliffe officials have denied making any protest to the Church about his activities. The Jesuit priest has often attacked Harvard College for allegedly weakening the faith of Catholic students and has advocated withdrawal of some of them to Catholic colleges...