WASHINGTON -- In the face of continuing protests by Corpus Christi parishioners in Rochester, N.Y., the local bishop has ordered their pastor to vacate the church a month earlier than anticipated.
Bishop Matthew Clark had warned that if parishioners continued to protest the Oct. 4 transfer of Fr. James Callan, he would bring forward the date of Callan's ouster.
With the new directive, Sept. 6 was to be the final Sunday at which Callan, 50, would celebrate Mass in the ...