{"id":7038,"date":"2004-07-11T22:22:36","date_gmt":"2004-07-11T22:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/viamedia\/2004\/07\/not_unprecedented.html"},"modified":"2004-07-11T22:22:36","modified_gmt":"2004-07-11T22:22:36","slug":"not_unprecedented","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/viamedia\/2004\/07\/not_unprecedented.html","title":{"rendered":"Not Unprecedented"},"content":{"rendered":"

A St. Louis Press-Dispatch article comparing Archbishop Burke’s stance with that of Archibishop Rummel of New Orleans back in the 1960’s<\/a><\/p>\n

In March of 1962, Rummel announced a plan to integrate all Catholic schools in
\nNew Orleans the following school year, but he again met with strong resistance
\nfrom segregationist Catholics. Judge Leander Perez, president of the
\nPlaquemines parish, was one such Catholic. (Louisiana is divided into parishes
\nrather than counties.)<\/p>\n

“Perez was like the Richard Daley of Plaquemines and St. Bernard parishes,”
\nsaid Maestri. “He was an old-style political boss.” <\/p>\n

At a public rally the day after Rummel’s announcement, Perez told an audience
\nthat no matter what the archbishop said, Catholic schools in Plaquemines would
\nnot integrate. He urged them to pull their children from parochial schools, and
\nwithhold contributions to the archdiocese. <\/p>\n

After several more public, heated exchanges with Perez, Rummel again sent
\nletters to dissenting Catholic segregationists, in which he said they “promoted
\nflagrant disobedience,” and that unless they backed down, they would be
\nexcommunicated. Many again relented, but Perez and two others did not. Rummel
\nwaited two weeks, and when he didn’t hear from the final three, he publicly
\nexcommunicated them for their “flagrant disregard” for his “fatherly council.” <\/p>\n

\n….”There are no convincing parallels between today’s situation and the one in New
\nOrleans more than 40 years ago,” said the Rev. Richard P. McBrien, a liberal
\nCatholic and professor of theology at Notre Dame University. “None of today’s
\npro-choice politicians has openly opposed the Church’s teaching on the morality
\nof abortion nor defied any of the bishops’ rights to articulate that teaching.” <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That has got to be the strangest statement I’ve heard all week. Okay, it’s only Sunday, but still. <\/p>\n

You just have to wonder, as I always do when hearing defenses like McBrien’s…why bother? What’s the deal here? Why the need to defend abortion rights advocates? What’s that about?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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