[3] Cornell's Newman Club, like most, was composed mainly of Irish students and was primarily a literary society, with a strong element of dancing and socializing.
In 1968, Berrigan entered a government office in Catonsville, Maryland, which housing drafts cards and napalmed 378 of them, in protest of the Vietnam War.
On October 3, 1968, on the eve of his trial, Berrigan addressed a crowd of over 2,000 in Bailey Hall to explain why he was prepared to face 50 years of imprisonment for his action.
According to Anke Wessels, director of Cornell's Center for Religion, Ethics, and Social Policy, "On the very day he was scheduled to begin his prison term, he left his office keys on a secretary's desk in Anabel Taylor Hall and disappeared.
Curran was removed from the faculty of Catholic University of America in 1986 as a dissident who unapologetically maintained the right to dissent from official Church teachings which had not been issued as ex cathedra statements.
In 1986, the Vatican declared that although a tenured professor, Curran could no longer teach theology at Catholic University of America schools, because "clashes with church authorities finally culminated in a decision by the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, headed by then-Cardinal Josef Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, that Curran was neither suitable nor eligible to be a professor of Catholic theology.
"[12] The areas of dispute included publishing articles that debated theological and ethical views regarding divorce, "artificial contraception", "masturbation, pre-marital intercourse and homosexual acts.
Carsten was removed from his position following allegations of sexual abuse, which were first received by the USA Northeast Province of the Jesuits.