President of St. Thomas U. comments on Ben Kessler's commencement address

Fr. Martin Fox has posted a response he received from University of St. Thomas president Dennis Dease regarding a note he sent him about Ben Kessler's controversial commencement address:

"I was present at the graduation ceremony and heard Mr. Kessler's speech. I do not believe it was appropriate for him to use our Commencement event as a venue for his comments. There is no question that he was speaking sincerely and upholding Church teaching, and there were certainly many ways that Mr. Kessler might have dealt with the subject of “selfishness” from a Catholic perspective that could have been edifying. However, to berate his classmates on what was to have been a joyous occasion of celebration and congratulation was not appropriate and was hurtful to many of our students and their families." [More...]

I couldn't agree less, Mr. President.

Update: here is a link to Fr. Fox's original letter (thanks, Publius).