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	Archbishop Forbids Priest from Broadcasting, Posting on Web Associated Press, carried in Duluth News Tribune March 4, 2006 http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/news/local/14016895.htm ST. PAUL - The archbishop of Minneapolis and St. Paul has ordered a prominent conservative priest to stop publishing his homilies on the Web and broadcasting them on Catholic radio. The Rev. Robert Altier of St. Agnes Church has spoken against a sex-abuse prevention program taught throughout the archdiocese, including to schoolchildren. Such programs were required by U.S. bishops in response to cases of clergy abuse, but some critics have said they are too explicit for children and infringe on parents' role in teaching their kids about sex. On Thursday, Altier posted a message on his Web site -- called "A Voice in the Desert" -- saying he would no longer post his homilies and presentations or broadcast them. He said he was responding to a written request from Archbishop Harry Flynn. Archdiocese spokesman Dennis McGrath said he couldn't give a reason for Flynn's directive. "Any communication between a priest and the archbishop is personal and confidential," McGrath said. "But obviously there is a point of disagreement there someplace in his homilies or some of the things on the radio."
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