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Robbin Crabtree, who will oversee bioethics, theological studies, philosophy and Catholic studies at the university, has past links to Planned Parenthood and another pro-abortion group.
05/02/2014
by CATHOLIC NEWS AGENCY
LOS ANGELES — Loyola Marymount University’s appointment of an atheist dean with a record of service to abortion-supporting groups suggests the university may be unable to sustain its Catholic identity, one alumni group has charged.
“The current process for attracting, qualifying and vetting candidates for senior positions, as this appointment demonstrates, is inadequate to preserve the Catholic character of Loyola Marymount University for very much longer,” the group RenewLMU said April 28.
On April 16, the Jesuit university announced the appointment of Robbin Crabtree as dean of its Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts. The position oversees bioethics, theological studies, philosophy and Catholic studies at the university. The dean is also involved in faculty hiring decisions.
Founded in 1911, Loyola Marymount University is located in Los Angeles. It has about 9,500 students in its undergraduate, graduate and law programs.
http://www.ncregister.com/daily-news/loyola-marymount-criticized-for-appointing-atheist-as-dean/#ixzz30xfLpZKe
NCR is a conservative news agency owned by EWTN. For a more accurater view of her appointment, read the school's newspaper @ http://www.laloyolan.com/news/robbin-crabtree/image_ee6517e2-ce8f-11e3-ac3a-0017a43b2370.html (which requires a free registration) or the University's announcement:
April 16, 2014
Robbin D. Crabtree, Ph.D., dean of the College of Arts & Sciences at Fairfield University, in Fairfield, Conn., has been named dean of Loyola Marymount University’s Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts. She will join the university on Aug. 1.
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At Fairfield, a Jesuit university, Crabtree worked for two former LMU trustees. Both praised the selection.
Jeffrey von Arx, S.J., president of Fairfield University said, “Dr. Crabtree has been an important member of the Fairfield community since 2001. She was an exceptional dean of our College of Arts and Sciences. Moreover, the hiring-for-mission conversations she implemented with search committees have had an important impact in ensuring Fairfield’s continued Catholic and Jesuit identity. I have no doubt she will be a terrific Ignatian leader for LMU’s Bellarmine College of Liberal Arts.”
Paul Fitzgerald, S.J., chief academic officer at Fairfield and president-elect of the University of San Francisco, said, “I cannot tell you how strong a supporter of Jesuit education Robbin is. She is deeply and passionately committed to higher education in the Jesuit model–its intellectual rigor, its integrative ways of thinking, knowing, and doing, its civic engagement, and its focus on social responsibility.”
http://newsroom.lmu.edu/2014/04/16/fairfield-university-dean-selected-to-head-bellarmine-college-at-lmu/
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cbayer
(146,218 posts)They are seriously anti-choice.
Their site has been up about 6 months and there is nothing I can find that speaks to how many people they represent.
I doubt LMU is too worried about their objections.
