Text transcribed from caption: C-29886 PRIEST BACKS CUBA VISITORS WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Father Felix McGowan, M.M., a priest suspended by his superiors in the Maryknoll order, has thrown his support behind some 50 students who went on an unauthorized trip to Cuba. He is shown here as he addressed the students at a Washington rally. Father McGowan, a former missionary in Bolivia, was suspended from his priestly duties after he himself went to Cuba as a reporter for The Catholic Worker, a periodical published in New York. The suspended Maryknoller commented that there is religious freedom in Cuba. “All the churches are open. Priests can preach. Anybody can go to church,” he said. Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (W-WASH-9C-63-RB)
