Diocese bans gay speaker at Catholic school

MOUNT PLEASANT, Mich. -- An aspiring actor and graduate of a mid-Michigan Catholic school will not be allowed to speak at next month's senior class commencement after the Saginaw Diocese learned he is openly gay.

Dominic Sheahan-Stahl had been invited to speak at Sacred Heart Academy's May 20 graduation ceremony, but the invitation was withdrawn, the Mount Pleasant Morning Sun and The Saginaw News reported Friday.

Sheahan-Stahl is a 1998 graduate of Sacred Heart Academy in Mount Pleasant who now lives in New York City.