Word: interdiction
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...these activities, Father Feeney was expelled from the Jesuit order. Archbishop Richard J. Cushing silenced him, and put St. Benedict's under interdict. By silencing is meant that Father Feeney is not allowed to preach or teach until the ban is lifted. With St. Benedict's under interdict, anyone who goes there is denied the sacraments of the Church and cannot receive the Holy Eucharist...
...Father Feeney has defied this ban, and his tight, loyal band of followers has ignored the interdict. The Center, called by its inhabitants a "Catholic Ghetto," is now a school where his supporters work and study and listen to his preachings...