http://www.njherald.com/story/news/06SCHOETTLY
http://www.njherald.com/story/news/a0807-BC-EU-Vatican-Priests-3rdLd-Writethru-06-08-0913
"ROME (AP) -- The clerical sex abuse crisis is energizing Roman Catholic dissidents who want to open up the priesthood to women and ditch celibacy requirements. They marched on Rome Tuesday -- among them a Fredon woman ordained as a priest last year in a ceremony condemned by the church -- even as Pope Benedict XVI called on priests to converge on the Vatican to cap a yearlong celebration of the priesthood. And in a sign of the deepening crisis, the faithful in traditionally Catholic Austria are at the forefront of demands for change. In Rome, church reformers demanded changes in the male-dominated church structure they say is responsible for covering up priestly sex abuse for decades, pressing their case on the eve of a three-day rally of the world's priests summoned by Benedict. Mary Ann Schoettly, of Fredon, joined members of the the U.S.-based Women's Ordination Conference in a demonstration in front of St. Peter's Basilica and also appeared with members |
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