St. Thomas Students Protest Cardinal Dolan’s Planned Address

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By James Brock (Patch Staff) – April 27, 2017

HOUSTON, TX — Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the archbishop of New York, is no stranger to controversy, and the decision to have him give the commencement address to students at the University of St. Thomas, a Catholic school in Houston, has embroiled him in yet more.

Some students at the university say that Dolan’s opposition to same-sex marriage and his handling of sexual abuse allegations against priests in Milwaukee — he’s a former archbishop of that diocese — make him an unsuitable speaker. As of Thursday afternoon, about 100 St. Thomas students had signed a petition urging the university to cancel Dolan’s speech.

Priests in Milwaukee accused of sexual abuse against minors were under Dolan’s leadership offered as much as $20,000 each to leave the church.

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