Deaf priests get OK for seminary
CASTLE HILLS, Texas — After a drawn-out fight with neighbors and
the City Council, a group of deaf priests will be permitted to run a
seminary from a sprawling home here.
The City Council voted 4-1 on Tuesday to give the Rev. Tom Coughlin a
special use permit for his home, where he plans to run a seminary for
hearing-impaired men who want to become Catholic priests.
Some residents of Castle Hills, a northwest suburb of San Antonio,
had heavily resisted the effort, previously denying the permit because
it will take the 8,100-square-foot house off the tax rolls. Some
neighbors also feared it would open the door to group homes or
fraternities.
“I hope that you are happy to live in a city that you are slowly
destroying,” said Councilman Tom Davis, who voted to approve the
permit.
Davis said Coughlin’s attorneys found a “legal loophole” in federal
law on the use of religious lands and institutions.
Andrew Sanchez, who has been working with Coughlin on the seminary
project, said he does not believe the seminary will be destructive to
the community.
Link: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/tx/5831236.html
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