The Philadelphia Jewish Community Relations Council has called on the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations for action against Father Leonard Feeney, an ex-communicated priest who edits “The Point,” an anti-Semitic and anti-Protestant publication which has been widely distributed here in recent months.
Feeney is director of St. Benedict’s, a seminary in Cambridge, Mass. which has been placed under interdict “for grave offenses against the Catholic Church.
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