Notre Dame scandal petition: Signatories now over 253,000, priests of Fr. Jenkin's order protest his decision

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Also, four more Bishops have spoken out, as well as 9 members of Fr. Jenkins own Order, the Congregation of the Holy Cross (C.S.C.).

Four More Bishops, 9 Holy Cross Priests Condemn ND Scandal

Said the priests: "The University pursues a dangerous course when it allows itself to decide for and by itself what part of being a Catholic institution it will choose to embrace."

The priests lamented "the fissure that the invitation ... has opened between Notre Dame and its local ordinary," and that the invitation "portends a distancing of Notre Dame from the Church."

"Although undoubtedly unintended, the University administration's decision portends a distancing of Notre Dame from the Church which is its lifeblood and the source of its identity and real strength," said the priests.  "Such a distancing puts at risk the true soul of Notre Dame."