"Tony P." wrote:

>
> That might be colored by where I live. Apparently the religion practiced
> by Roger Williams wasn't acceptable those in the Mass Bay colony. There
> is a nice little park in the middle of Providence - the Roger Williams
> Memorial. It is sited pretty much where his house was.

Bear in mind that the Puritans who settled in Mass. were the same denomination who
revolted in England 40 years later because they feared that the king was showing
too much leniency toward Catholics. Once they killed the king and took over they
went after Catholics in a passion, especially in Ireland where they committed
atrocities that Irish Catholics still condemn the English for.