Schools: Father Carey's Chickens

The Rev. James A. Carey, head of St. Michael's Roman Catholic high school in Jersey City, N.J., last week hit his 600 girls and boys with a jarring edict: Any student "dating one person to the exclusion of all others shall be expelled." Father Carey said that he is "horrified and utterly disgusted" at parents who permit steady dating: "Inasmuch as there is so much delinquency among parents, we at St. Michael's intend to act before our offended God brings down fire and brimstone on all of us."

What fired up Father Carey...

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