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PAGE 11 — The Georgia Bulletin, April 23, 1987 Pregnancy Prevention Funds For Teens Ruled Unconstitutional Official Denies Hunthausen News Story SEATTLE (NC) — A National Catholic Register story that the Vatican hopes to solve the ongoing con troversy surrounding Archbishop Raymond G. Hunt hausen of Seattle by eventually retiring the arch bishop is “speculative” and “incorrect,” said the chancellor of the Seattle Archdiocese. The chancellor, Father Michael G. Ryan, told priests of the archdiocese in an April 15 letter to “disregard” the story. He said the information in the article “was apparently leaked ... by an uninformed and irresponsible party.” Francis X. Maier, editor of the Register, which published the article in its April 19 issue, said the story was “correct” and said the newspaper would not have published it unless it was “absolutely cer tain” of the facts. The story in the Los Angeles-based Register said that “according to highly placed sources” the Vatican hopes to “diffuse tensions” in the Seattle Archdiocese by promoting Auxiliary Bishop Donald Wuerl to his own diocese “and eventually retiring Hunthausen.” The Vatican last year instructed Archbishop Hunt hausen to hand over authority in several key areas of archdiocesan life to Bishop Wuerl. The move provok ed widespread controversy and led to the appoint ment by the Vatican in February of a commission of three leading U.S. archbishops “to assess the current situation” in the Seattle Archdiocese. The Register article said the “unusual, phased-in resolution to the continuing crisis” in the archdiocese “may bring a measure of peace” before Pope John Paul II visits the United States in September. In his letter to priests Father Ryan said the “gist” of the article was that the Vatican has “formulated some sort of ‘deal’ in an attempt to force Archbishop Hunthausen into accepting early retirement.” He said it is “common knowledge” that Archbishop Hunthausen has had “very recent discussions” with the commission. “I can assure you that the arch bishop has not been asked to retire or resign, nor are any ‘deals’ being made in that direction,” Father Ryan said. Mercy Sister Joy Clough, spokeswoman for Car dinal Joseph Bernardin of Chicago, a member of the Vatican commission, said Cardinal Bernardin had no comment on the article. BY LIZ SCHEVTCHUK WASHINGTON (NC) — A federal judge, ruling on a government program aimed at preventing teen-age pregnancies, said April 15 that funding church agencies under the program is unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Charles R. Richey ruled that the pro vision of the Adolescent Family Life Act allowing religious groups to*get money for pregnancy prevention efforts violated the First Amendment’s mandate of separation of church and state. Richey’s ruling was promptly criticized by Mark E. Chopko, general counsel for the U.S. Catholic Conference, who said the program did not violate the Constitution. Richey issued an injunction preventing religious organizations from receiving funds but left open the ques tion of whether the entire law, passed by Congress in 1981, should be thrown out. The law “seemed to offer a choice — a choice that Con gress was entitled to make,” Chopko said April 16. “What I’m disappointed with is it appears we (church groups) will be excluded just because we’re religious. I don’t think that’s what the Constitution requires.” Often dubbed the “chastity law,” the program authorized by the legislation provides grants for projects that en courage “self-discipline and other prudent choices” to the problems of adolescent sexual activity and pregnancy. The program specifically denies funds for “abortions or abortion counseling or referral” and calls for support for ef forts by “religious and charitable organizations” and other private sector entities. The law was attacked in a 1983 lawsuit against the government by a coalition of citizens, by the American Jewish Congress, and by three United Methodist clergy. The lawsuit said grants in the program included $75,000 to Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Arlington, Va., for a sex education program in Catholic schools and parishes; $446,806 to St. Margaret’s Hospital, Dorchester, Mass., for a program of parochial school sex education; and $177,437 to PaineWebber Brian .VI. Mullin i Investment Executive ;j; j! Consumer Markets PaineWebber Incorporated |; 3340 Peachtree Road. Suite 975 800 241-7258 Natl. | Atlanta, GA 30026 800 282-0488 GA ; 404 262-3900 the Mormon Church’s Brigham Young University for run ning sex education classes in public schools. The judge ruled that although the provision of the law at issue “has a valid secular purpose, it is unconstitutional on its face because it has the primary effect of advancing religion and fosters an excessive entanglement between government and religion.” “Because these religious organizations use federal funds to educate or counsel on matters inseparable from religious dogma, the constitutional implications of the grants are clear and clearly troubling,” the judge wrote. “The in escapable conclusion is that federal funds have been used by pervasively sectarian institutions to teach matters in herently tied to religion.” Citing examples involving Catholic and Lutheran agen cies, he noted that at the Dorchester hospital a counselor was told to follow the “Ethical and Religious Directives of Catholic Facilities." In another example he said that in the Archdiocese of Washington employees of St. Ann’s Infant and Maternity Home “may not counsel or refer patients for abortions, nor do they encourage any method of birth control not permit ted by Catholic doctrine.” Opponents of the law contended that besides allowing government to fund religious organizations, it also discriminated against some religions because church agen cies holding “conflicting religious doctrines are, in effect, disqualified from receiving funds under the act.” DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT The Archdiocese of Atlanta is seeking candidates for the position of Director of Development. • Major responsibility for planning and imple menting a comprehensive development program for the Archdiocese and coordinating the same activities of its affiliated entities. • Knowledge of annual giving, planned giving, foundation, corporate and government grants re quired. • Good organizational and P.R. skills a necessity. 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Major responsibility for planning and imple menting a comprehensive development program for the Archdiocese and coor dinating the same activi ties of its affiliated entities. Knowledge of annual giv ing, planned giving, foun dation, corporate and gov ernment grants required. Good organizational skills a necessity. Send resumes to: Archdiocese of Atlanta, 680 W. Peachtree St., NW, Atlanta, Ga. 30308. Attn: Joseph J. Estafen. LEARNING CONSUL TANT - Seeking degreed ex perienced person for in school testing, screening of new students, consultants for teachers and parents. Sendresumeto Sr. Judith D. McGowan, Our Lady of As sumption School, 1460 Hearst Dr., NE, Atlanta, Ga. 30319. WANTED: D.R.E. for K- Adult Education in 1100 Family Progressive Pa rish. Salary Negotiable. Send resume to: Search Committee, P.O. Box 5473, Winston-Salem, N.C. 27103.
