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...credentials are, however, impeccably orthodox. Though he wore a Star of David throughout the Nazi occupation of France, Lustiger turned to Catholicism as a very young child, formally converting and changing his first name (from Aaron) at age 14. He studied theology at the Sorbonne, served as a university chaplain, and has been Bishop of Orleans since 1979. In fact, it was not Lustiger's religious background that raised a few eyebrows at the Vatican; it was his Polish origins. Groused one Curia member: "Is the Pope going to pack the episcopate with Poles...
PROVIDENCE, R.I.--The Brown University Faculty Policy Group has appointed a three-member committee to investigate the recent ouster of Chaplain Richard Dannenfelser, known for his liberal activism and innovative sexual counseling...
About 2200 students have signed a petition circulated by the Undergraduate Council of Students asking that the chaplain be reinstated...
Peter Weinstein, chairman of the undergraduate council's Dannenfelser task force, said the council no longer is demanding that Dannenfelser necessarily be reinstated as chaplain but that he be appointed to any office that fits his skills...
Dannenfelser appeared at a meeting of the undergraduate council last week to reaffirm his desire to stay at Brown if he still could be connected with the chaplain's office...