Nuns Have News for Regan: Heads Are ‘Screwed On Tight’
The leaders of 48 congregations of Roman Catholic nuns in New England have demanded a “prompt” public apology from outgoing Treasury Secretary Donald T. Regan for saying sisters who run hospitals haven’t got “their heads screwed on tight.”
Regan was quoted in an interview with Newsweek magazine Jan. 7 as saying: “My heart cannot bleed for many hospitals hurt by limits on Medicare payments, even those run by Roman Catholic nuns. Their hearts are big, but their heads aren’t screwed on tight. Most of them need new management.”
Sister Kathleen Keating, chairwoman of the New England Region of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, said the sisters, many of whom run hospitals, “voted unanimously to express their indignation to Mr. Regan.”
“There are at least 20,000 sisters in New England and they are all upset,” she said today.
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