Wednesday, October 25, 2006
BISHOP BANS RIGHT TO LIFE GROUP
Diocese bars area Right to Life group from churches
01:07 PM EDT on Wednesday, October 25, 2006
By BRETT BARROUQUERE / Associated Press Writer
NEWPORT, Ky. (AP) -- A northern Kentucky Catholic diocese has barred an anti-abortion group from its churches and forbidden its priests from handing out the literature from the organization.
Bishop Roger Foys of the Diocese of Covington, Ky., issued a note to priests last week saying priests should have “no involvement” with Northern Kentucky Right to Life and to remove all of the group’s materials from diocese facilities and churches.
“There are many good people involved in NKRTL who are being misled,” Foys wrote, without giving specifics. “We cannot give any semblance that the Diocese approves of the tactics of some of the leadership of NKRTL.”
The move has angered and confused the leadership of Northern Kentucky Right to Life. Fred Summe, a Newport attorney who is the group’s vice president, said Foys has not spoken to the group about what tactics the church finds objectionable nor about how he feels people are being misled.
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The article gives no reason for the Bishop's actions, since the Bishop isn't talking.
Very strange.
