Article: Let them be, er, anathema. (disciplinary measures against Raymond Hunthausen and Charles Curran)

Let Them Be, er, Anathema

THE EPISCOPAL DIOCESE of New York wasn't about to take the Vatican's disciplinary measures against Seattle's Archbishop Raymond Hunthausen and Catholic University's Father Charles Curran lying down. At its recent convention, the 518 members in attendance unanimously voted for a resolution implicitly castigating Rome for its resort to "coercion."

"We believe [said the resolution] that truth is best served by free and open inquiry and that God calls us to allow and preserve to the fullest possible measure freedom of Biblical and theological scholarship and expression within His Church. For these reasons, we deplore any action ...

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