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Americans Are Afraid = = = Priest Bans Autistic Boy from Church = =“A Catholic priest has filed a restraining order against the parents of a severely autistic 13-year-old boy in an effort to keep him from attending the church in Bertha on Sundays. Church officials claim he is too disruptive. =  The Rev. Dani el Walz alleges that Adam Race's unruly behavior endangers others who attend the Church of St. Joseph. Race's parents have ignored the restraining order, calling it discriminatory, and Carol Race, Adam's mother, was cited by police and is due to appear in court on Monday for violating the order. "He said that we did not discipline our son. He said that our son was physically out of control and a danger to everyone at church," Carol Race said. "I can't discipline him out of his autism, and I think that's what our priest is expecting." Carol Race said it all started last June, when Walz and a church trustee visited the Races at their home address the behavior of Adam, who stands taller than six feet and weighs more than 225 pounds. In an affidavit, Walz said the church "explored and offered many options for accommodations that would assist the family while protecting the safety of parishioners. The family refused those offers of accommodation." Carol Race said the family of seven, which has attended St. Joseph since 1996, typically sat in the cry room or in the back pew to avoid disrupting the services and did not hear a complaint from the parishioners until Walz showed up at their home in June.” “’It's unfathomable and concerns me that we've taken a situation with special needs and we're making it into the criminal matter,’ said Brad Trahan, the founder of the RT Autism Awareness Foundation in Rochester, who has asked the bishop of St. Cloud to rescind the restraining order.” //(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)//

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