By AP/KWMU
St. Louis, MO – U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill was uninvited from speaking at her daughter's Catholic high school commencement this month.
McCaskill was told it was because her positions on abortion and embryonic stem cell research are at odds with those of the church.
The senator was told by St. Joseph's Academy in Frontenac that the decision came from Archbishop Raymond Burke who leads the St. Louis Archdiocese. But a spokeswoman for the archdiocese says Burke did not make the decision.
The president of St. Joseph's Academy Sister Michaela Zahner said she received a call from the archdiocese's education office. Zahner was told she could not provide a public forum for a speaker who does not hold to truths as presented by the Catholic church.
Zahner said she personally thought McCaskill would be a good speaker for the girls to hear.