DESPITE CONCERNS SHOW GOES ON
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Over 1,000 e-mails poured into University President Rev. Edward Glynn’s inbox last weekend, and they weren’t all valentine greetings.
These e-mails came from people all over the nation, expressing fierce opposition to last weekend’s production of “The Vagina Monologues.”
According to Glynn and chair of the Communications Department Sister Mary Ann Flannery, the e-mails detailed opposition to the production’s controversial content being displayed on a Catholic university’s campus.
These e-mails were generated, according to Glynn and Flannery, through efforts made by the Cardinal Newman Society.
This society is an ultra-conservative Catholic group, based in Virginia, said Flannery, who was in charge of the monologues.
The e-mails also contained objections to a portion of the production’s proceeds being given to the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center, a member of the pro-choice Freedom of Choice Cleveland Coalition.
Since those e-mails were received, the University made the decision to revoke the funds being given to the Cleveland Rape Crisis Center…
Father Edward Glynn eglynn@jcu.edu 216-397-4281
Sr. Mary Ann Flannery phone (216) 397-4240 fax (216) 397-1759 email at mflannery@jcu.edu
Bishop Pilla (800) 869-6525 (216) 696-6525 Ext. 2030 info@dioceseofcleveland.org
Alumni relations: tshannon@jcu.edu
University mission and identity: hgray@jcu.edu
Father Edward Glynn eglynn@jcu.edu 216-397-4281
Sr. Mary Ann Flannery phone (216) 397-4240 fax (216) 397-1759 email at mflannery@jcu.edu
Bishop Pilla (800) 869-6525 (216) 696-6525 Ext. 2030 info@dioceseofcleveland.org
Alumni relations: tshannon@jcu.edu
University mission and identity: hgray@jcu.edu