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...Adjutor Archbishop Leo C. Byrne of St. Paul and Minneapolis, one of the principal critics of the Armbruster report and a major figure in the 1969 resignation of his liberal auxiliary. Bishop James P. Shannon (TIME, Feb. 23, 1970). The alternates-San Francisco's Archbishop James T. McGucken and Hartford's Whealon-are scarcely more moderate. Since seven of the church's eleven U.S. episcopal regions voted that celibacy be discussed at the synod, the delegates will at least go to Rome with a mandate to talk about the issue, and they will also report...
...secret slowly rippled out to a widening circle of friends and confidants; eventually many in the parish knew but, amazingly, kept quiet. Only in recent months, apparently, did San Francisco's Archbishop Joseph McGucken get wind of the rumors. He asked Duryea to resign and "disappear quietly." Duryea refused. Last week the Archbishop announced that Duryea had been automatically excommunicated because of his marriage and has been relieved of all his priestly functions...
Reaction at Pacifica was overwhelmingly in Duryea's favor. The day of McGucken's announcement, 800 parishioners assembled in St. Peter's for a show of support. When Father Bob entered, still in his clerical collar, they gave him a standing ovation. "If there was any way possible," said a formal statement from the parish council, "we would keep him as pastor. Because of our experience with Father Duryea, we feel that the church's rule on celibacy, which deprives our community of ministers such as Father Duryea, should be changed as soon as possible...
...explained to relatives that he "had entered the church by the front door and was leaving by the front door." Thereupon he mounted the pulpit of St. John the Evangelist Church in San Francisco at noon Mass one Sunday and told his congregation all about his decision. Archbishop Joseph McGucken even made a farewell statement of appreciation for his services to the church...
Moynihan also argues that "an era of great public works is as much needed in America as any other single element in our public life." If that is true, there is certainly no reason why the churches should not contribute their share-and Archbishop McGucken wisely notes that San Francisco "would become terribly secular without some skyline recognition...