ABSTRACT

This article recovers an important episode of Sixties spiritual politics. It tracks the efforts of the Washington Nineteen, a group of Roman Catholic parish priests suspended by their superior for defending the laity’s sexual freedom, to secure rights of due process in the American Catholic Church. Secular dissidents – students, soldiers, and civil rights activists – also demanded rights of due process from local authorities. But these radical priests sustained one of the era’s most prominent campaigns for legal protection from authority. As such, the Nineteen’s story demonstrates how the extension of constitutional rights into non-state institutions comprised a crucial demand of Sixties activists.

摘要

这篇文章恢复了六十年代精神政治的一个重要插曲。它追踪了华盛顿十九教会，一群罗马天主教教区神父因捍卫平信徒的性自由而被上级停职，以确保美国天主教会的正当程序权利。世俗的持不同政见者——学生、士兵和民权活动家——也要求地方当局享有正当程序的权利。但这些激进的神父维持了那个时代最突出的运动之一，要求法律保护不受权威影响。因此，十九岁的故事展示了将宪法权利扩展到非国家机构如何构成了六十年代活动家的关键需求。