MASSACHUSETTS
National Catholic Reporter
Kate Simmons | Jun. 24, 2013 NCR Today
The first American speaking tour of a reform-minded Austrian priest has hit its first snag.
Boston Cardinal Sean O’Malley says Fr. Helmut Schuller can’t speak on archdiocesan property, forcing a rescheduling of the Boston leg of his 15-city tour, which begins July 15.
Last week, Boston Auxiliary Bishop Walter Edyvean called St. Susanna Parish — Schuller’s scheduled speaking stop — to inform them that O’Malley had ruled that “Father Schuller could not speak at any Catholic parish because he espouses beliefs that are contrary to the teachings of the Catholic Church,” according to parish Deacon Larry Bloom.
Schuller’s talk will be moved to the First Church of Dedham, a Unitarian-Universalist congregation down the street, Bloom told NCR in a email June 24.
St. Susanna tends to attract parishioners with a lot of questions so “we often have speakers who represent various, sometimes controversial, points of view,” wrote Bloom, who serves as Director of Adult Faith Formation for the parish.
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