http://ncronline.org/news/vatican/former-maryknoll-head-decries-vatican-interference-bourgeois-case
"A former head of the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers has expressed support for Roy Bourgeois, saying the longtime peace activist and priest has a "deep love for the church" and his dismissal from the order by the Vatican represents meddling in Maryknoll's affairs.
In his first statement since the dismissal, Bourgeois said Tuesday, "The Vatican and Maryknoll can dismiss me, but they cannot dismiss the issue of gender equality in the Catholic Church."
The Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has "interfered with the integrity of the society," said Maryknoll Fr. John Sivalon, who served as the order's superior general from 2002 to 2008.
"It makes it very hard to consider how we talk about mission and visioning for the future and being open to the Spirit, when in fact we're being dictated to that this is what we need to follow," Sivalon told NCR Tuesday. "And so I think there is a question about the society itself and how the integrity of the society has been affected by this..."
The story of Fr. Roy being dismissed from Maryknoll by the CDF is moving
to the mainstream media. Reuters
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/20/us-vatican-priest-idUSBRE8AJ1JF20121120
and the New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/21/us/religion-priest-excommunicated-for-ordaining-a-woman.html?ref=us
| Roman Catholic order says activist priest dismissed by Vatican Press & Sun-Bulletin The woman was a member of a group called Roman Catholic Womenpriests. Church teaching holds that the priesthood is reserved for men because Christ chose ... |
| NY order says activist priest dismissed by Vatican Houston Chronicle OSSINING, NY (AP) — A Roman Catholic order in New York says the Vatican has ... The woman was a member of a group called Roman Catholic Womenpriests. |
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