AAUP, Meinrad vie in McEnroy case. (American Association of University Professors, St. Meinrad School of Theology, dismissal of Mercy Sr. Carmel McEnroy)

From: National Catholic Reporter | Date: February 9, 1996| Author: Schaeffer, Pamela | Copyright information

St. Meinrad School of Theology refuses to cooperate with the investigation into the dismissal of McEnroy. The AAUP may decide to formally censure the school. McEnroy was fired after he and others wrote a letter to Pope John Paul II that criticized the Vatican's policy toward female priests.

Administrators at St. Meinrad School of Theology in Indiana have refused to cooperate with a committee appointed by the American Association of University Professors to investigate last year's ...

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