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Cardinal O’Malley banned a priest from the Austrian Priests’ Initiative from speaking at St. Susanna in Dedham.

Posted by Tamara Starr (Editor), July 1, 2013

The reason was because Schuller is the founder of the Austrian Priests’ Initiative which allows women and married people to become priests. However, many churchgoers of St. Susanna did not believe that was a good reason for the ban.

One woman wouldn’t give her name, but she said that the decision was completely unreasonable.

“I think it’s bologna how they think they can do whatever they want,” she said.

For Julie, another churchgoer, she said that the ban was not going to stop her from seeing him speak.

“If anything, this only makes it more interesting,” she said.