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Bishop will skip college’s ceremony

Anna Maria cites possible problems

By Bronislaus B. Kush

 |  WORCESTER Telegram & Gazette  

  May 05, 2012

WORCESTER - In March, Anna Maria College withdrew its commencement speaking invitation to Victoria Reggie Kennedy after Bishop Robert J. McManus told school officials that the widow of the late Senator Edward M. Kennedy was not an appropriate speaker because of her views on abortion, contraception, and gay marriage.

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