He also ordered the school to remove retired Worcester Bishop Daniel Reilly from its board of trustees. McManus said Nativity cannot undertake any fundraising activities that involve diocesan institutions. The school will also no longer be listed or advertised in the diocesan directory. Under the decree, which the bishop said is effective immediately, Nativity is also not permitted to sponsor any liturgies in a church building or chapel within the diocese. In an official decree released June 16, McManus declared that Nativity School of Worcester may not use the title 'Catholic' to describe itself and that Mass and the sacraments can no longer be celebrated on its premises. Bishop Robert McManus of Worcester, Massachusetts, has stripped a Jesuit middle school for disadvantaged boys of its official Catholic status, after the institution flew flags representing the Black Lives Matter and LGBTQ pride movements.
