SAN FRANCISCO (CA)
National Catholic Reporter
Mandy Erickson | Mar. 26, 2015
SAN FRANCISCO
In a packed auditorium at Star of the Sea School in San Francisco on Wednesday, parents told representatives of the archdiocese to remove the parish’s two priests.
After describing the changes that Fr. Joseph Illo, administrator, has instituted at the school since his arrival and the effects on their children, most of the parents concluded their talks by saying, “We respectfully ask that Fr. Illo and Fr. Driscoll be removed from Star of the Sea.”
The audience frequently clapped and cheered while Illo and associate pastor Patrick Driscoll faced the audience and the speakers. Auxiliary Bishop William Justice and Fr. Raymund Reyes, vicar for clergy, also attended the meeting. Reyes took notes; Justice said they would pass the parents’ comments on to San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone.
Justice added that recently, the archdiocese has received a few, “not a lot,” of emails in support of Illo. He said those emails would be considered along with the parents’ comments.
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