The Vatican has nearly kicked Roy Bourgeois out of the priesthood for supporting women's ordination.
By George Fish
August 16, 2011
..."Although Bourgeois is considered excommunicated latae senteniae, i.e., upon commission of the deed, for participating in the ordination ceremony of Sevre- Duszynska, the Vatican did not move to formally excommunicate him and the matter remained in limbo from late 2008 on. But things escalated this year after Bourgeois spoke in February on a panel at Barnard College in conjunction with the showing of the award-winning documentary on women's ordination, Pink Smoke over the Vatican. "
"Bourgeois has repeatedly charged the Church with sexism for refusing to recognize women's ordination to the priesthood, which he considers a "call from God...The First Canonical Warning informed Bourgeois that he had 15 days to publicly recant his support for women's ordination or he would be laicized--i.e., stripped of all his priestly powers and entitlements, including his pension as a Maryknoll priest for 39 years." (A Maryknoll spokesman said in August, however, that Bourgeois would not lose his pension.)
"Bourgeois answered Maryknoll's first letter on April 8, 2011, and the second letter on August 8, 2011. In both, he reiterated his support for women's ordination; his belief that since God made men and women equal in worth and dignity; and that the church was being arrogant and sexist. In his April letter, he stated in regard to the shortage of priests in the Church and the sexual abuse scandal, "For years we have been praying for more vocations to the priesthood. Our prayers have been answered. God is sending us women priests. Half the population are women. If we are to have a vibrant and healthy Church, we need the wisdom, experiences and voices of women in the priesthood..."
"The Catholic priesthood, Bourgeois says, is an "old boys' club" that wishes to hold onto its power, privileges and prerogatives. He believes that had there been women priests, the priest-pedophilia scandal would not have erupted because such predatory deeds would not have been tolerated..."
By George Fish
August 16, 2011
..."Although Bourgeois is considered excommunicated latae senteniae, i.e., upon commission of the deed, for participating in the ordination ceremony of Sevre- Duszynska, the Vatican did not move to formally excommunicate him and the matter remained in limbo from late 2008 on. But things escalated this year after Bourgeois spoke in February on a panel at Barnard College in conjunction with the showing of the award-winning documentary on women's ordination, Pink Smoke over the Vatican. "
"Bourgeois has repeatedly charged the Church with sexism for refusing to recognize women's ordination to the priesthood, which he considers a "call from God...The First Canonical Warning informed Bourgeois that he had 15 days to publicly recant his support for women's ordination or he would be laicized--i.e., stripped of all his priestly powers and entitlements, including his pension as a Maryknoll priest for 39 years." (A Maryknoll spokesman said in August, however, that Bourgeois would not lose his pension.)
"Bourgeois answered Maryknoll's first letter on April 8, 2011, and the second letter on August 8, 2011. In both, he reiterated his support for women's ordination; his belief that since God made men and women equal in worth and dignity; and that the church was being arrogant and sexist. In his April letter, he stated in regard to the shortage of priests in the Church and the sexual abuse scandal, "For years we have been praying for more vocations to the priesthood. Our prayers have been answered. God is sending us women priests. Half the population are women. If we are to have a vibrant and healthy Church, we need the wisdom, experiences and voices of women in the priesthood..."
"The Catholic priesthood, Bourgeois says, is an "old boys' club" that wishes to hold onto its power, privileges and prerogatives. He believes that had there been women priests, the priest-pedophilia scandal would not have erupted because such predatory deeds would not have been tolerated..."
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