Priest ordered to stay away from Travaglini home

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Priest ordered to stay away from Travaglini home

Was protesting stem cell measure

By Suzanne Smalley, Globe Staff | April 24, 2005

The Archdiocese of Boston has ordered a priest to stop praying outside of Senate President Robert E. Travaglini’s home, where he and several followers had been protesting the senator’s position on embryonic stem cell research, church officials and the priest said yesterday.

The Rev. Thomas DiLorenzo and several parishioners from his parish, Holy Rosary Parish in Winthrop, spent several days over recent weeks singing hymns in front of Travaglini’s East Boston home, brandishing rosary beads, and carrying signs with slogans such as, ''Stop Playing God," and ''This is all about money."

DiLorenzo said in an interview yesterday that he was told to stay away from Travaglini’s duplex after he sent a letter to the senator that mentioned one of the senator’s children as well as his position on embryonic stem cell research.

DiLorenzo said that, while he did not consider the letter threatening, church officials told him the senator’s wife took it seriously enough that she delivered it to the East Boston police station.

''I’m a marshmallow," DiLorenzo said. He added that the Travaglini children’s apparent fear did not stop at least one of them from throwing snowballs at him. ''I wouldn’t hurt anybody," he added.

I never heard of this priest till today but I am so proud of him. He is the Pastor of the Holy Rosary Parish in Winthrop, MA.
Senator Travallini is your typical Massachusetts CINO. He’s for abortion, gay marriage and embryonic stem cell research.