SMU professor avoids controversy over lecture on abortion issues
Source: dallasnews.com Posted By: tesee11 5118 days ago
In front of a packed Southern Methodist University ballroom, the Rev. Charles Curran told the audience right off that he had no plans on being controversial. And if a standing ovation is any indicator, he succeeded.
Curran's lecture, titled "The U.S. Catholic Bishops and Abortion Legislation: A Critique From Within the Church," was panned earlier this week by Bishop Kevin Farrell of the Catholic Diocese of Dallas. Farrell said in a statement that he regretted Curran, a Catholic priest and ethicist,....