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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...
Meanwhile, Father Feeney, who had publicly endorsed the magazine his Center published, had encountered further difficulties. Last January, one month after Karam's original article in "From the Housetops," Father Feeney was dispossessed of his "faculties" without any public notice. That meant that he no was no longer allowed to hear confession, say mass, or perform any of the functions of a Catholic priest...
Archbishop Cushing made his first public announcement on April 18. It appeared in the form of a signed decree in the Boston papers, which said in part: "Because of grave offenses against the general laws of the Catholic Church. The Rev. Leonard Feeney, S. J., has lost the right to perform any priestly functions, including preaching and teaching of religion...
...Benedict's Center is, indeed, clarifying a set of principles for those students who choose to follow them, though these principles are vigorously disputed by the Archdiocese. Father Feeney is setting forth his own clarification through his scholars in their informal meetings and through the public lectures that begin tonight...
Meanwhile, Father Feeney begins his public meetings, and the next move is up to the Archbishop