Reverend Leonard Edward Feeney

A controversial Jesuit priest and writer (February 18, 1897 to January 30, 1978) who founded Feeneyism, which is noted for the belief that anyone who is not baptized in the Catholic Church is condemned to hell. Among these controversies, Feeney was known for being antisemitic and anti-Protestant. At one point, Feeney was excommunicated by the Catholic Church in 1953. Feeney would go on to create multiple communities with his followers, including what would eventually be the Saint Benedictine’s Center on Still River Road. At the end of his life, Feeney would eventually be reaccepted into the Catholic Church.

Source, “Sects: The Slaves of Leonard Feeney.” In Time Magazine. January 1, 1965.