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I had to read the article a second time to catch that it was only the after school (CCD-type) classes. The headline and the way the article is written makes it seem like he booted the kids of the school entirely.

"I've just never heard of a church kicking you out," complained Lisa Nicol, 36, who got a letter saying her 7-year-old twin daughters had been barred from classes. "They should be more welcoming and sensitive."

And this lady should be getting her butt to church! She sounds like a hippie, and we all know hippies suck, even those that claim to be Catholic. These kind of "don't hurt my self-esteem" people are ruining just about every decent institution in the world. Good for the pastor.

If the kids continue in religious education they will eventually ask the parents why they do not go to mass...because it is an obligation. This is what got my neighbor back to mass each Sunday. Maybe an exception rather than the rule. This priest will accomplish nothing. Kids won't get sacraments. Parents will get mad and change parishes or leave the church. People who don't understand Catholicism will have one more anecdote about the irrelevance of the church. I fail to see anything good that this will accomplish.