Covington Diocese Bars Pro-Life Group

PRIESTS TOLD TO HAVE NO CONTACTS WITH ORGANIZATION

NEWPORT - A Northern Kentucky Catholic diocese has barred an anti-abortion group from its churches and forbidden its priests from handing out the literature from the organization.

Bishop Roger Foys of the Diocese of Covington issued a note to priests last week saying priests should have "no involvement" with Northern Kentucky Right to Life and to remove all of the group's materials from diocese facilities and churches.

"There are many good people involved in NKRTL who are being misled," Foys wrote, without giving specifics. "We cannot give any semblance that the Diocese approves of the tactics of some of the leadership of NKRTL."